[FairfieldLife] Oh Canada ... No wonder you are so second rate.

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 The Airbrush is Mightier Than the Sword 
http://www.steynonline.com/7406/the-airbrush-is-mightier-than-the-sword 
 
 As Kate McMillan says, the Canadian Press is in "particularly fine form 
http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/2016/01/happy-charlie-h.html"; this Charlie 
Hebdo morn. Your uneducated, uncredentialed amateur would probably write 
something like:
 On Jan. 7, 2015, two Muslim brothers killed 11 writers and artists at Charlie 
Hebdo for publishing cartoons they didn't like, as well as a policeman outside. 
Over the next two days, an accomplice shot a policewoman to death and then 
stormed a kosher supermarket, killing four Jews.
 But if you're a highly trained J-school graduate you know that the trick with 
journalism is to identify the who-what-where-why - and then remove it all. Thus:
 On Jan. 7, 2015, two Muslim brothers...
 Whoa, wait a minute. Weren't these guys born in France? Why, then, the salient 
fact about their identity is that they're citoyens, Frenchmen, as French as 
Edith Piaf with frogs' legs hanging out of each nostril:
 On Jan. 7, 2015, two French-born accordion-playing Gauloise-smoking Maurice 
Chevalier fans...
 Hold up there! Not all the facts are in yet. We don't want to get ahead of 
ourselves:
 On Jan. 7 2015, two French-born brothers killed 11 writers and artists at 
Charlie Hebdo for publishing cartoons they didn't like...
 Wait a minute, that makes no sense. Why would French-born people kill 
cartoonists over some cartoons? French-born people love cartoons. It's the land 
of les bandes dessinées, Asterix, Lucky Luke... Just because the victims of 
these French-born people happen to be in a building that includes a magazine 
that publishes cartoons is no reason to go leaping to conclusions. How about..?
 On Jan. 7 2015, two French-born brothers killed 11 people inside the building 
where Charlie Hebdo operated, as well as a policeman outside...
 What's that? You're wondering whether it's misleading not to mention the 
Muslim angle to the story? You're right. Gimme a minute. Lemme see here. Hmm...
 On Jan. 7 2015, two French-born brothers killed 11 people inside the building 
where Charlie Hebdo operated, as well as a Muslim policeman outside...
 See how easy it is when you're a professional? That's the Muslim angle neatly 
wrapped up. So we've got French perps, Muslim victims, miscellaneous building 
occupants caught in the gunfire... What else? Oh, yes:
 Over the next two days, an accomplice shot a policewoman to death and then 
stormed a kosher supermarket, killing four Jews.
 How do we know they were Jews? As President Obama and his spokespersons said, 
they were just a "random" "bunch of folks" 
http://www.steynonline.com/6800/no-jews-to-see-here. They could have been imams 
stopping in for some bagels after Friday prayers: Are we working that angle 
yet? They could be neo-Nazis picking up some gefilte fish for the weekend 
skinhead convention. It's hard to tell with names like "Cohen". So let's be 
responsible here, and say:
 ...killing four hostages.
 And so we arrive at today's Canadian Press report 
http://ckom.com/article/457968/hollande-says-threat-continues-weigh-france-year-after-attacks-satirical-paper:
 On Jan. 7, 2015, two French-born brothers killed 11 people inside the building 
where Charlie Hebdo operated, as well as a Muslim policeman outside. Over the 
next two days, an accomplice shot a policewoman to death and then stormed a 
kosher supermarket, killing four hostages.
 Beautiful. I'd nominate it for a Canadian Newspaper Award, but unfortunately, 
due to an editing oversight, someone left the word "kosher" in.
 As Kate McMillan notes, on this anniversary, the dangerous violent French-born 
movement is again on the rampage 
http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/2016/01/happy-charlie-h.html.
 Meanwhile, something happened in some town in Germany around New Year. But you 
don't need to know about that 
http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/blogs/551462/new-years-eve-sex-attack-cologne-germany.html.