McClatchy Newspapers has an online explanation of its Iraq casualties story. The original story was also carried by the Kansas City Star on September 2nd under a different (and misleading) headline in its printed "Kansas City Edition".
A story by Pentagon Correspondent Nancy A. Youssef that we published on Sunday sparked a huge outcry in the blogosphere this week....
I first wrote about the versions of the article here.
Nancy A. Youssef of McClatchy Newspapers has an article on American military casualties in Iraq on the front page of today's Kansas City Star. The Star headline (front page, above the fold) in this morning's printed "Kansas City Edition"?
American casualties plunge in Iraq
[This headline is not available on the Star web site.]
The headline on McClatchy Newspapers national website?
Combat deaths in Iraq decline; reasons aren't clear
