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Negative, Left-Tilting War Coverage Is As Unappreciated As It Is Obvious
Investor's Business Daily ^ | 14 Mar 2006 | RAGHAVAN MAYUR

Posted on 03/14/2007 6:43:34 AM PDT by Kitten Festival

Old habits are hard to break — so much so in the case of the national media that their left-slanted reporting may be risking their relationship with the American public.

This is one key finding from our latest IBD/TIPP Poll, suggesting a wake-up call is in order if the media don't want to lose their "customer base" by consistently disregarding what most people believe to be true.

Like what? How about the military's conduct in Iraq, and what our troops have been doing these past four years?

Beyond eliminating the brutal regime of Saddam Hussein and neutralizing the likes of al-Qaida leaders such as Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, they've also been working to improve the daily lives of ordinary Iraqis by building schools and hospitals and cracking down on crime.

But we're much more likely to hear from the likes of New York Times columnist Frank Rich, who recently said the "actual reality is that we have lost in Iraq," or Walter Cronkite, who said the war in Iraq is a "terrible disaster" and that "the earlier we get out, the better."

(Excerpt) Read more at ibdeditorials.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: biased; infowar; leftwing; msm; wot
In short, the truth, written by a pollster.
1 posted on 03/14/2007 6:43:40 AM PDT by Kitten Festival
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To: Kitten Festival
Judging from a 2005 study by the Pew Research Center that compared the opinions of 72 top journalists with those of everyday Americans, the gulf may simply be too wide to bridge.

Hey, I missed this poll... Did the MSM write about it somewhere?

2 posted on 03/14/2007 6:50:54 AM PDT by paudio (WoT is more important than War on Gay Marriage!)
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To: paudio

92% of the Washington Press Corps voted for Mr. Clinton in 1992.

Enough said.


3 posted on 03/14/2007 6:54:32 AM PDT by RexBeach
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To: RexBeach
And;

92% of the Washington Press Corps will vote for Ms. Clinton in 08.

Now, enough said!
4 posted on 03/14/2007 7:16:54 AM PDT by paratrooper82 (82 Airborne 1/508th BN "fury from the sky")
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To: paratrooper82

I'll say!

By the way, the numbers I cite were the results of a poll taken by the Freedom Forum in Arlington, VA.


5 posted on 03/14/2007 7:23:31 AM PDT by RexBeach
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To: Kitten Festival

I've met a lady who owns a company that's a supplier to the military in Iraq and visits there a few times a year. She says we have made a huge difference on the infrastructure in Iraq with impressive gains in building schools, hospitals, and social overhead capital items (e.g., roads, public buildings, etc.). She also has said that the Iraqi people, with few exceptions, welcome the US and appreciate what we are doing. She told me to pay close attention to where the MSM goes for its "news", as they concentrate only on certain "hot spots" in Iraq precisely so they can give a distorted view of our presence there.


6 posted on 03/14/2007 7:26:19 AM PDT by econjack
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To: RexBeach
92% of the Washington Press Corps voted for Mr. Clinton in 1992.

And the remaining 8% was probably evenly split between Daddy Bush, H. Ross Perot and moonbats to the left of Clinton.

7 posted on 03/14/2007 7:36:55 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Are there any men left in Washington? Or are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)
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To: Kitten Festival

Note to the MSM: Don't change a thing. Please keep doing exactly what you are doing for the rest of your short, miserable life.


8 posted on 03/14/2007 7:47:23 AM PDT by snowrip (Liberal? YOU HAVE NO RATIONAL ARGUMENT. Actually, you lack even a legitimate excuse.)
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To: Kitten Festival

I'm sitting in the choir. When do we start singing in the street?


9 posted on 03/14/2007 8:43:56 AM PDT by street_lawyer (Conservative Defender of the Faith)
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