Bird Flu or "suspected" Bird Flu?

[Yoda Yada]

Is this for real, or not?

Bloomberg news bar stated "Third child dies from bird flu".

CNN news crawl stated, Child dies from "suspected" bird flu.

This might seem like a small discrepancy, but they are obviously trying to morph an uncertainty ("suspected") into a certainty.

Isn't this morphing technique why so many Americans still believe that Sadaam Hussein was responsible for 9/11?

[MercutioATC]

1. It's always "suspected" until they get test results.

IIRC the second bird flu death was confirmed and was the sibling of the first death. If this is another relative that died with similar symptoms, I can see why they might say "suspected" until they had actual confirmation.

[Yoda Yada]

2. So Bloomberg had proof...CNN not? n/t

[MercutioATC]

4. They're different news agencies. Their wording standards might be

different.

That aside, perhaps Bloomberg has information that CNN hasn't received yet.

[uppityperson]

3. It is "suspected" until test is back, news is being cautious today

Not over reporting OMG news, but waiting for the report before reporting it. For some reason.