I decided to use the news story about Jeremy Morlock’s hearing for killing Afghan citizens (and other charged) to compare the news sources: CNN FOX & MSNBC.
CNN- This news source stated that Jeremy Morlock was the first of five soldiers to be charged with premeditated murder of three Afghan civilians. He was from the 2nd infantry of Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington. His hearing will be held there for the murders of Mullah Adahdad, Marach Agha, and Gul Mudin. The news story then states that 12 other soldiers are charged with conspiracy to murder Afghan civilians and cover it up. Five of them face murder charges, while the other seven just face charges with participating in covering up the murders. The article also mentioned a man named Gibbs who kept body parts of the murder victims and kept photographs.
FOX- This news source stated that Jeremy Morlock, 22 years old, was charged with premeditated murder in the deaths of three Afghan civilians and could face the death penalty. The murders took place in Kandahar province. This article also stated that he is also charged with assaulting a soldier in his unit. FOX then goes into his criminal history. It was stated that his wife sought a domestic violence protective order against him two years ago, and that he was also charged with assault and disorderly conduct where he was found guilty. The article then mentioned that even when he was 15 years old, he committed criminal acts. He was charged with leaving the scene of an accident involving an injury or death.
MSNBC- This news source stated that twelve soldiers have been charged with crimes. Jeremy Morlock has been charged with premeditated murdered of three Afghan civilians and the assault of a fellow soldier. Jeremy was also said to have a history of charges including domestic violence against his wife and leaving an accident scene involving a death or injury. The article stated that this investigation is the grimmest of alleged atrocities by US military personnel during almost nine years of war in Afghanistan. The news story then went into the information on the photos that were taken and how a soldier named Gibbs collected fingers and other body parts. Then article goes on to conclude with the thoughts of one of the murder’s families, the Winfield’s.
After reading the news stories from CNN, FOX, and MSNBC, I saw all the news stories were trying to inform the viewers that twelve of our U.S. soldiers are being charged for the murders of Afghan civilians. Even though they had the same story line with Jeremy Morlock as the highlight, they all included varying details. CNN went into detail with the names of the people that Jeremy murdered, whereas the other news sources didn’t give that information. FOX and MSNBC stated that Jeremy Morlock had a criminal history, whereas CNN didn’t inform about that. I also realized that FOX said Jeremy Morlock could be given the death penalty if found guilty. None of the other news sources brought up any information on possible convictions. There also another name mentioned in CNN and MSNBC that was not mentioned by FOX. CNN and MSNBC mentioned that a man named Gibbs is alleged to keeping body parts of the murder victims. The last different I came across after reading the story from all three new sources was that MSNBC was the only one to include a families thought about the issue. The Winfield Family was only mentioned in MSNBC, which have this news source more “juice”. I felt very informed by the MSNBC source story even though I can’t flat out tell which source is most factual.
Overall, I believe this story is one that we should know or be concerned about because it’s our nation’s soldiers that have committed these devastating acts. We should know about the people who took part in the murders and also about their criminal histories. We should be concerned about this because we see out nation as peaceful, trying to help other countries when he have our own soldiers killing innocent people in other countries. This leaves a bad image on the United States. As citizens, we have the right to be informed about these events. Also, we people are noisy, so we want to know about all that’s going on around us.
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