U.S. Southern Command said a strike on a vessel in the Caribbean killed three people it described as narco-terrorists. [1] U.S. News filed the Wednesday announcement. [1] Three is the named count. Print three. Do not print a courtroom verdict.
A later Reuters wrap belongs to a later edition. Wednesday prints the announcement. Human-rights objections are a claim, not this desk's finding. Leave a named investigation to the edition that owns a named investigation.
Print three. Print announced. Wednesday is not a trial.
Three remains the announced count, not a trial on this Wednesday politics desk.
A boat video is still not a verdict.
A later Reuters wrap belongs to Thursday.
Wednesday is not a trial on this Washington politics desk.
Boat videos make compelling announcements and thin evidence. Three dead on camera is still three dead pending inquiry. Wednesday prints the announcement; trials belong to later editions.
Announcements precede inquiries; inquiries precede verdicts. Wednesday owns the first. Thursday wraps the second.
First-day announcements stay first; Wednesday owns the first. Three dead pending inquiry. Later editions wrap later.
Wednesday prints the announcement, not a verdict. Evidence is still pending. Later editions wrap later.
A Caribbean boat strike, SOUTHCOM said, killed three people it labeled narco-terrorists. US News carried that Wednesday notice, not a verdict. Reuters's wrap sits on Thursday, not this page. Three announced is not three convicted.
Wednesday prints that US News notice. Thursday's Reuters wrap sits later. Three announced is not three convicted.
Wednesday prints that US News notice. Thursday's Reuters wrap sits later. Three announced is not three convicted.
Wednesday's SOUTHCOM file is a US News notice of three, not a conviction. Thursday's Reuters wrap sits later. This desk will not spend Thursday's Reuters wrap as Wednesday's three.
-- SAMUEL CRANE, Washington