Things that leave me slack-jawed

I've written this opening line about ten times because I'm still so astounded by what's popped up on this morning's CBC website (http://www.cbc.ca). I think we're all used to seeing media reports that go out of their way to slant opinion rather than report facts (ref: The Toronto Star), but these couple of headlines take the cake:

Saddam Hussein sentenced to death A U.S.-backed Iraqi court has imposed imposed the death sentence on former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein for crimes against humanity.

What the hell does "U.S.-backed" mean? That he didn't get a fair trial? That Ramsey Clarke (the dhimmi) didn't vigorously defend him? That the whole thing was a puppet show?

Honestly. Of course, what they should have done was pull him out of that hole he was hiding in and executed him on the spot.

Here's the other:

Hundreds of protesters demand PM act on Kyoto

Hmm. Hundreds, huh? I wonder if any of them have ever read the salient points of the accord? My favourite is the section allowing nations to trade emissions limits for cash.

Oh well, if "hundreds" of people know better that the 30 million that live in this country, we'd best get right on this, right?


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Update: The CBC web page has changed its Saddam headline to remove the "U.S.-backed" portion. I wonder if they were responding to complaints, or whether they realized just how retarded it was. On the other hand, maybe they didn't want to give credit to one of the few countries in the world with enough balls to go in and take out this embarassment to the human race.