Shame on the Ottawa Sun

Outrageous headlines, Oct. 22:

Front page:

BATTLE FATIGUE
Troops overseas divided on future of Afghan mission

P.3 for the story itself:

Troops split on staying

The Canadian Press story itself quotes a total of two--that's right, two--soldiers who express doubts about whether the mission is worthwhile. Some split, some division. In the face of completely misrepresentative headlines like this no wonder many Canadians are uncertain about, or do not support, the mission.

And from the Toronto Sun:

Canadian combatants divided

But the Calgary Sun gets it right:

Mission deadline called unrealistic

I guess in Calgary the headline writer actually read the story closely. Here's the original CP headline:

Soldiers agree Afghanistan needs Canada past 2009, debate what mission can do

The second part of the report, not included in the Sun stories, also provides considerable useful detail from which to assess the situation.