• InvertedParallax@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    188
    ·
    edit-2
    1 year ago

    Tragically the plane crashed into a surface to air missile.

    Edit: yeah, this is actually what happened, no subtlety here, damn.

    • DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      109
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      1 year ago

      Like, fucking literally.

      “Crash” my ass, BBC, you say it got shot down in the article, how is that not a more accurate and sensational headline?

      “Prigozhin got blown the fuck up, like everyone knew he would the moment he pussed out, the Nazi coward.”

      • gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        31
        arrow-down
        2
        ·
        1 year ago

        Technically, they just say that a Wagner linked Telegram channel said it got shot down. They’re probably waiting for better proof/additional sources before they take the full step of saying it was shot down themselves (at which point I think it’d get added to the headline).

      • Badass_panda@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        8
        ·
        1 year ago

        Because the only source for that (at present) is the Wagner Group, who have a (dead) dog in the fight and are not bastions of truth. NYT will be trying to confirm it before saying so.