"Grim Milestone"
Amazing, isn't it, hope they all had the same idea at the same time:
I found the same phrase, or a variation of it (including "Somber Milestone," "Grisly Milestone," "Grim Landmark," "Grim Marker," and "Wrenching Milestone") in the big boldface front-page headlines of at least 32 major U.S. newspapers today. Among those using the exact phrase, in addition to the papers pictured above, were the Oakland Tribune; the Santa Rosa, Calif., Press-Democrat; the Sacramento Bee; the Clarksville, Tenn., Leaf-Chronicle; and the Greensboro, N.C., News & Record.
The L.A. Daily News devoted its entire front pages to the 2,000 figure.
Among the most defeatist headlines of the day were the Aurora Daily Sun's "Deaths of an Army sergeant and two Marines pushes [sic] count amid growing doubts among public about conflict launched in March 2003 to find weapons that have never been found."
It's getting harder and harder to tell the reality --
from the cartoon parody --
[World War II Disney image courtesy of Lileks]
I found the same phrase, or a variation of it (including "Somber Milestone," "Grisly Milestone," "Grim Landmark," "Grim Marker," and "Wrenching Milestone") in the big boldface front-page headlines of at least 32 major U.S. newspapers today. Among those using the exact phrase, in addition to the papers pictured above, were the Oakland Tribune; the Santa Rosa, Calif., Press-Democrat; the Sacramento Bee; the Clarksville, Tenn., Leaf-Chronicle; and the Greensboro, N.C., News & Record.
The L.A. Daily News devoted its entire front pages to the 2,000 figure.
Among the most defeatist headlines of the day were the Aurora Daily Sun's "Deaths of an Army sergeant and two Marines pushes [sic] count amid growing doubts among public about conflict launched in March 2003 to find weapons that have never been found."
It's getting harder and harder to tell the reality --
from the cartoon parody --
[World War II Disney image courtesy of Lileks]
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