Will we bomb Syria? Yes, say press stories as papers urge Cameron not to do it
▻http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2013/aug/26/davidcameron-national-newspapers?CMP=ema_546&et_cid=46675&et_rid=484358
Are we really about to launch an attack on Syria? If you read the headlines in most of Britain’s national newspapers today you would be forgiven for thinking it’s a certainty.
“Missile strikes on Syria in days” (Daily Mail); “Navy ready to launch first strike on Syria” (Daily Telegraph); “We’ll bomb Syria” (Daily Mirror); “Syria: air attacks loom as West finally acts” (The Independent); “Britain and US missile strike on Syria likely ’within days’” (Daily Express); “Britain & US ’to hit Syria in days’” (The Sun); “We will bomb Syria ’in days’” (Daily Star); “West eyes air strikes on Syrian military” (Financial Times).
Mais:
In other words, the largely gung-ho news headlines are not reflected in the concerns of editorials - something of a first, I do believe.