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visit my web site at http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon My ICQ# is 79071904 for a precise list of the powers of the Federal Government linkto: http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon/Enumerated.html ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 12:30:51 -0700 From: Media Research Center IS Staff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MRC Web News - Our Latest Analysis [mrcgoldlogo.gif] Media Research Center America's Media Watchdog Bringing Political Balance and Responsibility to the Media MRC Web News: Our Latest Analysis March 27, 2003 �Daily updates on MRC's latest analysis ________________________________________________________________________________ Today�s CyberAlert: http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2003/cyb20030327.asp 1. ABC: Iraqis Hate U.S.; NBC: Iraqis Still Fear Hussein's Wrath When the Red Crescent food trucks arrived in Safwan, ABC's Mike von Fremd heard Iraqis denouncing America. �People are sick and hungry� because of the U.S. invasion one woman complained and von Fremd highlighted a man who channeled Phil Donahue: �It is all because of U.S. greed for Iraqi oil.� But NBC's Don Teague suggested the uniform expression of revulsion towards the U.S. and fidelity for Hussein was based on fear and playing to cameras: �Wherever there are cameras, Saddam Hussein is still the hero. Iraqis, not yet convinced he�s lost control, worry they�ll pay with their lives for speaking against him.� 2. Jennings and Stahl Raise Vietnam, �Are You...Feeling Deja Vu?� Barely a week into the war, with coalition forces sweeping through Iraq, ABC's Peter Jennings and CBS's Lesley Stahl decided to raise the ghost of the Vietnam quagmire. Jennings teased Wednesday's World News Tonight by hyping how �one Marine� told an ABC reporter that given the landscape, weather and guerrilla tactics, �sometimes� Iraq �feels like Vietnam.� The night before, on CBS's 48 Hours, Lesley Stahl asked a Vietnam vet: �You fought in Vietnam. Are you getting any feelings of deja vu?� 3. Stahl Frets Over War Problems, Powell Dismisses Her �Nonsense� Colin Powell 1, Lesley Stahl 0. In an interview which aired on Tuesday's 48 Hours and Wednesday's Early Show, Lesley Stahl pounded away at Colin Powell over problems encountered in the war as if the coalition were losing. �We�re beginning to hear that this force isn't massive enough," Stahl argued before fretting about how �the rear is exposed" and chastising Powell: "But you can't get your supplies� delivered safely. Stahl demanded that Powell explain why the whole world hates President Bush. Powell aggressively undermined Stahl's concerns. It isn't often that you hear a high-ranking official dismiss a journalist's premise as �nonsense.� 4. NBC's Couric & Miklaszewski Refute Arnett's Baghdad Reporting Peter Arnett's unquestioning relaying of Iraqi claims that the U.S. employed anti-personnel �cluster bombs� in a residential Baghdad neighborhood prompted NBC's Katie Couric and Jim Miklaszewski to do some fast backtracking on Wednesday's Today to cover for Arnett's unsupported reporting. 5. �Financial Compensation� for Victims of U.S. Bombing Errors? Biased question of the day. Usually the wackiest �questions� at the Centcom briefings in Doha come from non-U.S. or British reporters, often those for Arab or African news agencies. But at Wednesday's briefing, an ABC News producer's concern was whether the U.S. would provide �financial compensation� to victims of errant U.S. bombs. 6. BBC Reporter �Gobsmacked� by BBC's Distorted War Reporting A BBC reporter covering the war from coalition headquarters in Qatar, denounced his network's coverage as �one-sided� and distorted. In his memo to his bosses, which was obtained by London's The Sun newspaper, BBC correspondent Paul Adams asked: �Who dreamed up the line that the coalition are achieving 'small victories at a very high price?�� In fact, he contended, �the truth is exactly the opposite� since �the gains are huge and the costs still relatively low.� See today�s entire CyberAlert at: http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2003/cyb20030327.asp ________________________________________________________________________________ Advertisement TimesWatch.org A new project of the Media Research Center "Launched in March 2003, Times Watch is dedicated to documenting and exposing the liberal bias, factual errors and outright goofs of the New York Times, America's most influential newspaper. Times executive editor Howell Raines calls criticism of his paper's bias a 'disinformation' effort 'of alarming proportions.' Times Watch hopes to further alarm Mr. Raines." Check out TimesWatch.org: http://www.timeswatch.org/ ________________________________________________________________________________ Advertisement TELL A FRIEND TODAY If you enjoy our daily Web news update, pass it on to your friends. Let them know they can sign up at http://www.mrc.org/cybersub.asp#webnews ________________________________________________________________________________ Bozell's Entertainment Column Why The Oscar Honors? This year�s Oscars telecast was the lowest-rated ever. Coming in the midst of our troops fighting valiantly abroad, that�s understandable. It�s a good thing for Hollywood, too, because it�s beginning to look like the voters of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are slowly losing their minds. The Academy�s Web site boasts that the Oscar voters are "the ablest artists and craftsmen in the motion picture world," so... Read the latest column written by L. Brent Bozell III, MRC President: http://www.mrc.org/BozellColumns/entertainmentcolumn/2003/col20030327.asp ________________________________________________________________________________ Advertisement Keep up with the latest news and commentary from the Cybercast News Service. Sign-up for the CNSNews.com E-Brief, published twice-daily, Monday through Friday, and as breaking news stories occur. http://www.cnsnews.com/e-brief.asp ________________________________________________________________________________ MRC's Media War Watch Advertisement MRC's Media War Watch A reporter's duty to be unbiased is greatest when the subject is as serious as war. Unfortunately, the liberal media are skewing their news coverage to favor those opposed to the U.S. action against Saddam Hussein. 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