Meanwhile the main story on Cheney's death in the #Guardian by George Chidi waits until the 11th paragraph before mentioning his crimes, with only the terms 'condemnation'/'controversial' inserted into the headline/subheading hinting at a different story to the ten paragraphs of tributes the article begins with.

And even then, the article makes it sound like criticism was only from some his (US) political 'enemies' on the 'left' plus some disgruntled Trump supporters who resented Cheney's rejection of Trump in his final years, in both cases framing their criticisms of his war crimes as politically motivated (and thus implicitly suspect).

Altogether, there are ten positive quotes (364 words of direct quotes) sandwiched around four critical ones (145 words). The latter are interrupted to correct factual errors and framed as either 'lingering' resentments from decades-old political disagreements or as the (unreliable) opinions of a pair of far-right conspiracists and convicted liars.

The sum of Cheney's actual crimes are told thus: "Cheney’s role in the Iraq war, programs of torture and extraordinary rendition and the rightward tilt of Republican politics".

Shameful reporting.

https://web.archive.org/web/20251104224444/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/04/dick-cheney-death-legacy

#media #Cheney #WarCrimes #WarCriminal #IraqWar #torture #ExtraordinaryRendition