Orla Guerin has LONG form on this kind of one-sided emotional blackmail
Of course the deaths of these two young women is tragic and should be condemned. But the point is that Guerin often files reports that explore the "human" and personal cost of victims and their families -- but always those perpetrated by the Enemy, never by the good guys on our side. As Rask points out, this is classic Manufacturing Consent playbook and we should call it out whenever it appears, especially when it's serial offenders like Guerin pulling the heart-strings. Somehow her accented English seems to make these reports more grimly authentic and sad.
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