Her column is a total evasion. What are the above-the-fold, leading headlines on Iraq? They are almost always stories about the political or military aspects of the war, and they are almost always negative. The New York Times, which seems to have a personal vendetta against George Bush, is by far the worst abuser of this kind of manipulation. And of the stories that they do cover, how many of them are positive? Do you ever hear stories about the Kurdish region? Nothing going on there, just a whole chunk of the country that is functioning very well. What about the south, around Basra? Nope. Nothing to report there, even though the Brits are seriously talking about leaving the country because basically the Iraqis have everything in hand in the south and the Brits are not really needed any longer.
There is plenty of bad stuff to talk about in Iraq, but the big newspapers and tv networks present the story pretty much following the talking points of the Democratic Party. Big surprise there, since almost everyone working in news in those organizations is a liberal. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but a lot of the reporting is colored by opinion. Remember the dumb-ass reporter who, three days into the war, questioned whether the military was caught in a "quagmire"? That barely even deserves a reponse. Liberals like to bitch about Fox News, which is all well and good, but they fail to see the delicious irony of the situation- that they are finally getting a taste of what conservatives (and moderates to some extent) have had to put up with in pretty much every other major media outlet for decades. Every news organization has a political bias. Every reporter, editor, and publisher has a political bias. But they pretend not to because it provides them with cover when the public complains about bias. On 3/26/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think this charge is one of dumber things that I've ever heard, but, > part of life is beating down the dumb so I will offer this piece from > the Washington Post's Ombudsman: > > > The Post's senior military reporter, Thomas E. Ricks, believes > journalists in Iraq are providing a more accurate picture about what > is happening than the military. > > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/24/AR2006032401717.html > > And I'll add this satire taken from a real headline: > > In Iraq today, gunman broke into a bakery and shot 4 men dead. It > should be noted, however, that the bakery made excellent banana bread. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:201633 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
