Reply #31: NarcoNews:London Observer plays carpetbagger

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London Observer plays carpetbagger on House of Death story
Dear editors,

I just read with great interest the House of Death story published today in the Observer, and it appears you got the "narrative" straight.

As you recall, it starts out with this breathless teaser:

When 12 bodies were found buried in the garden of a Mexican house, it seemed like a case of drug-linked killings. But the trail led to Washington and a cover-up that went right to the top. David Rose reports from El Paso

But your honesty about how the Observer obtained a good share of the source material for this startling story, particularly the reams of documents that you concede were utilized for your story, is not so straight, it appears.

I have every reason to believe the writer, David Rose, submitted a different version of the story than was finally published, and that he did include proper credit for his sourcing, and that you, the editors, chopped and diced that proper attribution in order to make it appear your newspaper did all the work and to ensure the advancement of your careers and paychecks.

I guess that is a not too surprising human weakness, since it surfaces time and again in the mainstream media, but I'm a bit surprised to see it playing out in the London media, even as you slap the U.S. press for its shortcomings -- as the following line from the Observer story illustrates

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