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No longer a secret…

US builds drone bases in Africa, Arab Peninsula-report

WASHINGTON, Sept 21 (Reuters) – The United States is building a ring of secret drone bases in the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula as part of an aggressive campaign against al Qaeda affiliates in Somalia and Yemen, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing U.S. officials.

One base for the unmanned aircraft is being established in Ethiopia and another base has been installed in the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean, the newspaper reported.

I was disappointed that you reported on the secret Air Bases being built by the CIA in Africa.

Is the country’s national security not sacred?

Your reporter and Reuters crossed the line and may have put our troops at these bases in danger, not to mention that you gave away important intelligence information to the enemy who wishes to harm the Western world.

Kent

Too personal?

Witness: Unlike Iraq, Egyptians do regime change their way

CAIRO (Reuters) – The last Arab despot I saw overthrown was Saddam Hussein. That was all very different from the fall of Hosni Mubarak, toppled this week by his own people, not the might of a foreign army.

This piece was too emotional and biased.  It was something I expect from Aljazeera but not Reuters, which I deeply appreciate for being neutral, professional and providing the best NEWS reporting

Please more news reporting and less personal opinion and emotion.

Shala

This was one of our WITNESS pieces, which are by definition more personal than standard reporting. They are written in first person and reflect very personal experiences.

Are these real articles?

Have things gotten so bad in the news business that you will now publish press releases for UFO enthusiasts with the unaltered lurid headlines that their agents give you?

Watch your credibility as a news organization circle the drain. It’s becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish Reuters from The Onion.

David H.

You might want to take more care to keep “articles” like this  one from looking like actual journalism.

J.M.

It was only midway through this article about Afghanistan that I realised it is unlikely that Reuters is the source behind it, but it is on your Website and is cleverly disguised as such. Is it a hack?

Where did this happen?

I am an avid Reuters news reader.

The new web design is nice but there is more scope for improvement.

A dateline is an important part of the story, but more and more Reuters stories are missing that. Here is an example.

It’s always nicer to put the location and country in the dateline.

John

No wedding coverage

News groups pull coverage of Swedish royal wedding

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Three news organizations pulled coverage of the wedding of Sweden’s heir to the throne on Saturday, protesting restrictions set by a Swedish state broadcaster.

Reuters, owned by Thomson Reuters, Associated Press and Agence France Presse complained about redistribution terms set by Sveriges Television (SVT) for audiovisual rights to footage of Sweden’s first royal wedding in more than 30 years.

To claim that withholding any coverage of the Swedish royal wedding in the “interest of freedom of the press” is the clearest example of double-speak from the press there ever was.

It’s something you would expect from Pravda or Xinhua! Then to claim that the wedding of a non-reigning princess in a small, Nordic country is not entertainment, but a major historical event, is ludicrous if not pathetic!

Reuters and AP thought they could simply bully the Swedes into consenting to non-standard terms. In the end, it makes me question the integrity of Reuters and AP. When you guys fail…it will be your own fault!

Drumsey