QUOTE(magi @ Mar 25 2013, 03:27 PM)
say that to Panglima Angkatan Tentera Jen Tan Sri Zulkifeli Mohd Zin. he was the one saying four lanun dead. if you read the papers, they are all consistent in this.
no. read again. newspaper report, published by different people, different time, different publication.
what we know for sure is that the newspaper consistently quoted him. but we do not know for sure if they quoted the exact same thing, or two different announcements by the same person. if u put it in a timeline, u'll understand better how journalism works.
for example, the general, with minimal information, made an announcement that 4 lanun shot dead at 12pm.
+ journalist A published immediately.
+ journalist B waited for further story.
3 hours later (at 3pm), the same general made another announcement, now saying 2 of the people shot dead were kids.
+ journalist A did not publish because of his publication window was up.
+ journalist B published this new information.
see?