'Classic up-from-the-bootstraps story': Bloomberg Politics attempts to outdo the WaPost with a fawning al-Baghdadi headline of its own

Greg P. | 2:40 PM on October 27, 2019

Apparently Bloomberg Politics learned nothing from the Washington Post’s atrocious headline on the death of terror leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and offered up this fawning version of their own:

Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi transformed himself from a little-known teacher of Koranic recitation into the self-proclaimed ruler of an entity that covered swaths of Syria and Iraq https://t.co/CNI5XBsoai

— Bloomberg Politics (@bpolitics) October 27, 2019

So, how many journos will do this today?

How many journos will praise Abu Bakr al Baghdadi today???? https://t.co/s2CoseqGBU

— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) October 27, 2019

Here's another one.
How many news outlets will beclown themselves today.
Stunning. https://t.co/Pow3iw1yLa

— Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) October 27, 2019

They left out this part:

3. What is going on?

He was a terrorist and rapist! @bpolitics pic.twitter.com/3AZERT7XkU

— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) October 27, 2019

A well-read rapist:

“Yeah, Baghdadi did a lot of rapes and beheadings and stuff, but man, checkout his bookshelf!” https://t.co/jyXlL23zqe

— Natalie Johnson (@nataliejohnsonn) October 27, 2019

And it’s a real rags-to-riches story:

There’s also the beheading and slaving, but other than that it’s a real Horatio Alger story. https://t.co/RCol9pwd1I

— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) October 27, 2019

Just a good old-fashioned “rags to riches” story. It’s a shame the good ones have to die so young, eh @bpolitics? https://t.co/6aIF6V7Hnp

— Jesse Kelly (@JesseKellyDC) October 27, 2019