Washington Post changes obituary headline to describe Baghdadi as 'austere religious scholar'

The Washington Examiner ^ | October 27, 2019 | Madison Dibble

[LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget]

The Washington Post apparently changed the headline of their obituary of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi from "terrorist-in-chief" to describe him as an “austere religious scholar.”

U.S. forces killed Baghdadi Saturday after a successful raid on a compound in northern Syria.

While many celebrated the death of the serial rapist and murderer, the Washington Post left many confused by giving him the title of “austere religious scholar at the helm of the Islamic State.”

[StAnDeliver]

Al Bodybag obtained "a master’s degree in Koranic recitation from the Saddam University for Islamic Studies in 1999" -ComPost

Hilarious.

[grey_whiskers]

The Washington Compost Presents:

Whose HEADline is it anyway?

The newspaper where the headlines are made up and the facts don’t matter.

[grey_whiskers]

Some people did something to him.

[Himyar]

I hope the war dogs are okay. It’s hard losing a good dog.

[Midwesterner53]

The media will embrace any evil so long as that evil hates America.

[catnipman]

It’s a very difficult task getting one’s propaganda porridge JUST right, you know, like getting bear porridge just right.
(Remember when you believed that Winston Smith’s work with the fires of the memory hole in “1984” was just some sort of fanciful fiction?)

[Eleutheria5]

Stay close to your mosque
And never dare be seen
And soon you’ll be the Caliph
But behind a screen

[AAABEST]

The thing scrolling across the bottom of the screen on Faux News is referring to him as an “ultra-conservative cleric”.

I call that "thing" the S**t-Stream - it's just another reason not to watch.

[riverdawg]

The mission was given the name Kayla Mueller. For those who have forgotten who she was, here is a meta-link:

https://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/kayla-mueller-PENM00027-topic.html

[A Navy Vet]

Something is seriously wrong with the Post people. They have crossed over to a dark place.

[Sequoyah101]

Washington Post? Owned by Jeff Bezos right? Same guy that owns Amazon?

Ebay has the same kind of stuff.

With a little effort you can buypass the middle man and buy most stuff directly from the original supplier.

Do we really need Amazon Prime or alexa or all the other gadgetry of Bezos?

[Sequoyah101]

Washington Post? Owned by Jeff Bezos right? Same guy that owns Amazon?

Ebay has the same kind of stuff.

With a little effort you can buypass the middle man and buy most stuff directly from the original supplier.

Do we really need Amazon Prime or alexa or all the other gadgetry of Bezos?

[jackibutterfly]

"He was released by Bush, not Obama."

Why do you say that? Everywhere else I read, it states obama released him.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Best one I've seen, today...

[Lazamataz]

The WashingCIA Post no longer cares if it is seen as a direct enemy of America.

[21twelve]

My wife said that twitter is full of alternate headlines like that. One was something like “Stalin, champion of the working man and ahead of his time in environmentalism through population control, died at the age of 87 today.”

“Timothy McVeigh, Army veteran and pyrotechnics enthusiast died in his sleep yesterday.”

[Lazamataz]

I have one:

Jeffery Dahmer, refined gourmand and self-described “people person”, died at the age of 45 today.

[Shady]

I believe they jumped the shark with this one.

[neverevergiveup]

"they hate the United States of America"

Well, they hate a United States of American in which they aren't worshipped and glorified as the 'above the people' intelligentsia.

[rolling_stone]

“I believe they jumped the shark with this one.”

I agree if their readership doesn’t go down drastically from this incredible pro terrorist obituary then the usa is in real trouble. i wouldn’t even use it for fish wrap...