London Evening Standard, The Israeli Elections and ‘The Three Warmongers’

The first edition of the (dead trees) London Evening Standard had quite some headline for the Israeli elections :

“Israelis go to polls to choose between three warmongers.”

I admit to being rather gobsmacked.
The headline has now been changed (in the online edition anyway) to :

“Israelis go to the polls in tight election race.”

with a sub-heading of:

“Commentary: Israelis go to polls to choose between three hawks”

Don’t believe me? – Google News for ‘Three Warmongers”

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The link, which takes you to the changed headline is,
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23638029-details/Israelis+go+to+polls+to+choose+between+three+warmongers/article.do

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  1. Sim-O on Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at 10:41 pm

    Details, details, details……

    Beau Bo D’or spotted the London Evening Standard setting their stall out on the Israeli elections, and then deciding to tone it down a bit.
    They may have changed the headline from…
    Israelis go to polls to choose between three warmongers.
    to…

  2. Links and stuff from between February 10th and February 11th - Chicken Yoghurt on Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 1:55 pm

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