Adrian Slatcher
News Values
Dear Sirs,
The coverage you gave to the wounded baby
Was all out of proportion.
Are you saying that wars have no casualties?
And that a young life matters more than an old?
Next time could you please provide some balance,
Perhaps a wounded grandmother who'd led a hard life,
Or even a child that had died of natural causes.
Our brave men and women fight what's right
And deserve better than this liberal hand-wringing!
On Friday - the night of the massacre -
I counted 27 references to the Arab dead
And not one mention of the lives saved
Or a full list of the city's mortuaries that night.
You will find that our massacre was not so bad
Compared with road deaths that night in Delhi,
And the number of suicides in America jails
Would have given you a run for your money.
Yet not a mention! I would go so far to say
That the night of the massacre was a relatively
Quiet night - even in Baghdad.
Wasn't a curfew imposed at an early stage
Saving many more lives than those killed?
And would I be right in thinking,
That with the latest Bond out on pirate DVD
Even the most angry insurgents
Would have had a night in with a movie and Pizza?
Yours Faithfully,
A Reader.
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