The Associated Press brings us some good news from Baghdad:
Militants killed fewer U.S. and NATO troops in Iraq in June than in Afghanistan for the second straight month, an encouraging milestone capping a run of headline-grabbing coalition victories that analysts say underscore the Iraqi insurgency's diminishing strength.
Whoops, sorry! That's not how the AP wrote it. It's actually a dispatch from Kabul, and it is bad news:
Militants killed more U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan in June than in Iraq for the second straight month, a grim milestone capping a run of headline-grabbing insurgent attacks that analysts say underscore the Taliban's growing strength.
We're not saying our spin is better than the AP's, but why not just report the facts. Is it really necessary to "spin" at all?
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