Papua New Guinea’s Leader Calls Joe Biden’s ‘Cannibals’ Claim an Unfair ‘Punchline’
by Time
Time— Papua New Guinea “does not deserve” to be stereotyped, its leader said, after Biden suggested his aviator uncle was eaten there during WWII.
Fox News—Papua New Guinea leader blasts Biden for claiming his uncle was eaten by cannibals. Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape said Monday that he was offended by President Biden's recent comments suggesting his uncle was eaten by cannibals in the Oceanic nation during World War II. Marape expressed disappointment in a statement Monday that Biden would suggest his nation was rife with cannibals, noting also that Papua New Guinea was unwillingly pulled into the global conflict in the 1940s. Biden's comments suggesting his uncle, 2nd Lt. Ambrose J. Finnegan Jr., was eaten in...
POLITICO—Papua New Guinea PM slams Joe Biden over ‘cannibals’ comment. “My country does not deserve to be labeled as such,” James Marape hit back at the U.S. president.
Gothamist—Extra Extra: Joe Biden suggested that cannibals in Papua New Guinea ate his uncle. Because Papua New Guinea has taken offense, here are your early links: Central Park coyote, close call on the JFK runway, compassion is back, baby, and more. [ more › ]