tim's journal

The power of the pen

Skimming through Google News this morning I spotted a headline from Wired News which read "US Still Has Half of Falluja to Clear of Weapons". Pretty dismal huh? The fact is that "US Marines have cleared over 50 percent of Falluja's houses of weapons caches". Think of how much more optimistic the article could have been had it read "US Has Cleared a Majority of Falluja of Weapons". Ahh, the power of the media.