The worst part is that the "yeah but" is thrown in with no context, support or reasoning as to why it is relevant "bad news".
Evidently not being consigned to the shredder is just one of those mundane benefits not worthy of celebration.
Well, it is the Guardian.
Not to worry. Most journalists are still saying that Ronald Reagan
had little to do with the end of The Cold War and the disintegration
of the USSR.
It would be nice to see in print some gratitude to those that risked their neck to save his.
Had I busted in that house and found this guy to be a reporter, someone else would have had to save his ass.
I didnt see a thing......just another empty house.
He 'wasn't treated badly by his captors,' just threatened with beheading. Oh well. Yawn. Evil Americans rescued him, but he was really okay.
This is soooo strange. The story was reported in passing yesterday on the BBC. The Observer article you quote is about as left leaning as Pravda. Usually, when we have a hostage taken it is wall to wall news coverage, if one was rescued you would almost expect them to stop normal broadcasting to spread the news. Yet, in his native land this has attracted minimal or less coverage. There is much more to this than meets the eye.
Typical, kill a hostage front page above the fold news in the Junk Media. Rescue one and no one even mentions it in the US "News". Kind of makes you wonder just who's side the Junk Journalists REALLY are on?
You said it. They should be ashamed of their writing, if nothing else.