Associated Press Speak
The Associated Press has handily revised the English language for everyone's convenience. Their initial reports from late November about attacks on mosques in the Hurriyah section of Baghdad clearly stated that four mosques had been destroyed. In an updated story today, they explain what "destroyed" means:
_ The fourth mosque named in the AP's original report, the al-Qaqaqa mosque, also known as the al-Meshaheda mosque, has a broken window and is closed, guarded by Iraqi army troops outside and adorned with a picture of al-Sadr's father. It also has Mahdi Army graffiti scrawled on its side, partially whitewashed over but still readable.
Please refer to any buildings with cracked or broken windows as "destroyed" from now on. The AP says so.
Others suitably impressed with the AP's non-correction of their initial false reports: Hot Air, Confederate Yankee, Flopping Aces, Michelle Malkin, Patterico's Pontifications,
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