Sunday, September 21, 2008

Bombing at Hotel in Pakistan Kills at Least 40 Update 2


With this new updated, the news update of the article has undergone a drastic change.  A change so large, that the headline for the article now reads: "Bombing at Hotel in Pakistan Kills at Least 53"

Whereas the first graph of the first story read:

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A huge truck bomb exploded at the entrance to the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad on Saturday evening, killing at least 40 people and wounding at least 250, the police said.

The first graph in the updated version of the article reads:

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A huge truck bomb exploded at the entrance to the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad on Saturday evening, killing at least 53 people and wounding at least 266, according to the acting interior minister.

Thus, even though the graphs are almost exactly phrased the same, the content has changed, in which the numbers of people dead and wounded have been updated, and where the source of information has been changed from the police to the acting interior minister. 

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