The headline says it all
Machine gun used in Columbus robbery
BY LARRY GIERER - lgierer@ledger-enquirer.com -- Two men, one armed with a pistol and the other with what was described as a machine gun, robbed a Papa John's pizza restaurant late Monday evening.
BY LARRY GIERER - lgierer@ledger-enquirer.com --
Two men, one armed with a pistol and the other with what was described as a machine gun, robbed a Papa John's pizza restaurant late Monday evening.
Emphasis mine. Described as doesn't mean it was. If the victim had "described" one of the perps as "the guy with the funny middle name running for president", you wouldn't write the headline as "Barack NMN Obama involved in Columbus robbery".
However, when you have to sell your story, facts can be discarded in the holy name of sensationalism.