As I was reading and watching the different news stations and websites, I noticed one huge thing. Every single article provided similar, yet different facts. I found this strange because, we the people rely on the media, and we are being provided with false information. I read about the NATO tankers attack, that happened in Pakistan. The main articles that i read were off of the BBC News, the Pravda, the AlJazzera, and the Guardian. All the articles are from different countries, and they are writing on the same scene that happened in Pakistan.
After reading the article off the BBC news, I noticed they had stated that 27 tankers were attacked, and that there were at least six people killed, and a dozen more were injured. But in the Pravda article they stated that 27 tankers were attacked, and never mentioned the deaths or injuries that occurred in the event. In the Aljazeera article, they stated that only 20 NATO tanks were attacked, which confuses me; because that's not what I got from the previous articles. In this paper, there are three killed. And in the AFP article there are three dead and 20 NATO tanks are attacked. Now I'm at the point where I'm not sure how many NATO tankers were attacked.
All these articles are on the same track that there was an attack in Pakistan on the NATO tankers, but all the information is switched up. Some say three people are killed on the attacked and some say 6 were killed and dozen injured. And another article does not even mention the deaths the attack caused. Even the numbers are wrong for the amount of NATO tanks that been attacked. The AFP and AlJazeera state that only 20 were attacked, and the Pravda, BBC News, and the guardian simply state 27. Now I want to re-think this whole thing, and want to know which people are right.
Either way, all these different news stories are put out into the media, and provide us people of what happened in the event; even though the numbers didn't all come out the same. We know that there were several armed suspected militants that have set at least 20 or more NATO tanks on fire, and caused a few deaths; which we don't know the exact amount. Because of this event, Pakistan has shut down the border and stopped some NATO supplies that crossed to Afghanistan.
While reading the different articles that were written by different countries, I noticed everyone has a different opinion on what has happened in the scene. Not that they have placed sides on a country, but on how cruel the attackers were. Either way everyone will base their article on what they and their country believe in. Which I found interesting, even though all the facts weren't straight forward and truthful!
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