Comparitive News Analysis - Afghan Killings

I began my search by looking for a topic of national interest for which I could find three major media sources that independently covered the topic. After some considerable searching, I realized it was pointless. So many of the articles that I found were just cut and paste jobs from Reuters or the AP, so I will just observe which snippets of info are included by three major news sources.

The Washington Post (Reuters)- Soldier to face court-martial in Afghan deaths
Al-Jazeera ("Agencies")- Court Martial for US Soldier
The Army Times (AP) - Soldier charged in Afghan civilian killings

Ownership
The Washington Post - Owned by the Washington Post Company, which is "an American education and media company". The WPC owns different types of media outlets including Kaplan and Cable One. (Source: Wikipedia)
Al-Jazeera - Owned by Sheikh Hamad bin Thamer bin Mohammed bin Thani Al-Thani. Al-Jazeera began as an Arabic news channel and has expanded into a network with several outlets including satellite TV and the internet. (Source Wikipedia)
The Army Times - Owned by the Gannett Company. The Gannett Company is the largest U.S. newspaper publisher as measured by total daily circulation. Gannett also owns 23 television stations and holds substantial properties in digital media. (Source: Wikipedia)

The recurring themes from these articles are "rogue platoon", drug use, mutilation and the taking of war trophies, and the mention that the enlisted men involved may have been influenced by commanders that were disenchanted with the hearts and minds campaign in Afghanistan. "Rogue platoon" appears only in the WP article, but it appears in many other sources that I have not included here. The Army Times article is conspicuously brief (150 words vs. 250 in the Post vs. 500 in Al-Jazeera), and in fact it is difficult to glean any meaningful information from the Army Times article. The Al-Jazeera article quotes a Pentagon press secretary and the Washington Post quotes the accused's attorney. I think that the only source of the three that I have presented that could be accused of spin is the Army Times, simply because the article is so short and not at all thorough.