I'm going with sloppy writing. Besides, they weren't neutral.
Should be something more like "in peacetime, suffered its first ship loss since WW2." I mean, TGP is great at bringing our flavor of news, and they explain what happens well enough, so it's not like I hate them. And they're clearly on our side. But it would still be nice if they actually paid attention to editing. Oh, well.
I'm going with sloppy writing. Besides, they weren't neutral.
Should be something more like "in peacetime, suffered its first ship loss since WW2." I mean, TGP is great at bringing our flavor of news, and they explain what happens well enough, so it's not like I hate them. And they're clearly on our side. But it would still be nice if they actually paid attention to editing. Oh, well.