re: Trump's extraction of US airman trapped in Iran almost failed and cost dozens of Americans

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average reader was not careful, they would have missed the word 'almost' and would go around telling people, "Oh my god! We lost dozens of Americans!"

This is another prime example of why you truly cannot trust the media! They try to distort the truth to appease their base of followers.

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Reminds me, years ago, I was listing to NPR on the car radio. Something about how people in high places risk their careers with lies. They mention about six Republicans and say something like "widely considered" to have LIED about xyz, or "often though to have" LIED about xyz, "may have been" LYING about xyz, etc. All in dramatic tones.

I'm thinking OK, no Democrats in your examples? Then they say "Oh, it's not exclusive to one side of the aisle, Hillary Clinton has not always been thought to be so forthcoming with the TRUTH (chuckle chuckle)".

Geez, Republicans something-something LIE, but Hilary something-something TRUTH.

No, I don't believe those things are co-incidence. But they may be so brainwashed that they phrase things this way w/o even thinking about it. Bias is part of their DNA.

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The way that's written leads one to think that while it only almost failed, that it did cost dozens of American lives.

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Ya know, we ought to start using their propaganda tool as a running joke.
I'll go first:
> US Grant almost lost Gettysburg and soldiers died. We should just surrender now!
Yes, it's that bad!

Exactly