Editorial Bear

Example of possible media bias...

"Many dead" in U.S. strike at al Qaeda in Somalia
Tuesday January 9, 07:28 PM

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Many people were killed in Somalia in a U.S. air strike targeting al Qaeda suspects among fleeing Islamist fighters, Somali officials said on Tuesday.

The U.S. strike, part of a wide offensive also involving Ethiopian planes, was apparently [why insert the word 'apparently?' Even if that's not who they hit, this was their declared target. There's nothing 'apparent' about it.] aimed at an al Qaeda cell said to include suspects in the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in east Africa and a hotel on the Kenyan coast.

A Somali elder or traditional leader reported a second U.S. air attack on Tuesday that killed up to 27 people but that could not be confirmed by other sources. [So why is it included in this report?] Full article here.