> RM wrote: > From conversations with currently deployed and recently returned service men, > this is > true. In a one week period in July 2005 nothing good was reportedly > happening in > Baghdad. However, the 256th BCT had 100 major and minor infrastructure > improvement > projects either completed or started in that week.
The concept that the media should be reporting "good things" about Iraq is asinine. Anybody remember the old Journalism rule of thumb about what's news? Dog bites man: not news. Man bites dog: news. The whole point is that journalists are in the business of reporting interesting content - not "good stuff". What makes the "no good stuff" argument even more ridiculous in this case is that it's the government that's conducting the war and they have a virtual open pipe to "the media". The job of reporting good stuff is for the Whitehouse and The military public relations offices - it's not up to reporters to seek that out. A reporter's top job is to question and oppose the government. And even further there's now multiple "news" outlets that specialize in not only forwarding, but expanding, the government's content. Or creating their own! I know - CRAZY! Journalists creating content to SUPPORT the government? Holy crap! But, they include: Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Ann Coulter, amongst others. Then there's CSPAN. And the Internet. What's the implication here? That we're supposed to feel sorry for the government because they can't get their message of good hope out? Or is the truth that the government is frustrated because the majority of the population doesn't believe their propaganda? I'd say it's the latter and I'd say the autocrats pushing this garbage would like nothing better than to control the media so the public would ONLY get their version. Just like Bill O'Reilly who'll have Fox Security give you "a little call" if you mention a name he doesn't like. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:200767 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
