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Salon milks Abu Ghraib for Subscribers
Salon | March 7, 2006 | Salon

Posted on 03/08/2006 11:34:57 AM PST by The Liberal Whisperer

An e-mail from Salon;

Dear former Salon Premium member,

Three weeks ago, Salon released 18 photos from Abu Ghraib prison that had never been publicly available, along with documentation of the Army's own investigation into the disturbing images. Reaction was swift and strong; some accused us of undermining American interests, while others took us to task for not publishing every image in our possession. Most feedback praised our decision to highlight a scandal that's been largely underreported by the mainstream media.

We're planning to release hundreds more photos taken inside Abu Ghraib. Using information found in a U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command (CID) report and other sources, our news team is cataloging each image so we may provide captions that offer critical context. Our goal is to publish newsworthy pictures that haven't been widely seen before, providing the best information that the CID investigation materials could offer.

I'm contacting you and other former Salon Premium members to make sure these photos reach a large audience. Your expired Premium membership supported our ongoing mission to speak truth to power, but we need your help again now.

I'd like to urge you to renew your Premium membership now through this link to give us the support we need to continue this important work:

https://sub.salon.com/dyn/RenewMembership/

As we create an Abu Ghraib archive, we will aim to shed light on what the administration has determined to keep dark. In giving the American electorate the information it needs, we'll try to provide some of the transparency our government has so sorely lacked.

We'll do our job with integrity and diligence. That, of course, takes time. So thanks for your patience, your trust, and your support.

Sincerely,

Joan Walsh Editor in chief, Salon

Click here to renew your Salon Premium membership:

https://sub.salon.com/dyn/RenewMembership/

Support independent journalism: renew your Salon Premium membership today.

- $35 for 1 year - free magazine subscription (Wired, Rolling Stone, The Week) - read Salon without ads - get first crack at exclusive special offers and discounts

Click here to renew: https://sub.salon.com/dyn/RenewMembership/


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KEYWORDS: abu; ghraib; liberal
Just somemore insight into the mind of the Liberals.
Smelly in there huh?
1 posted on 03/08/2006 11:34:58 AM PST by The Liberal Whisperer
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To: The Liberal Whisperer

the liberal media..a terrorists best friend..
I'll join Salon just as soon as they also publish all of the mohammed (small m) cartoons..(yawn)


2 posted on 03/08/2006 11:37:56 AM PST by GeorgiaDawg32 (Islam is a religion of peace and they'll behead 13 year old girls to prove it...)
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To: The Liberal Whisperer

She actually says they'll do their "job with integrity".
She also has the balls to say the media hasn't paid enough attention to Abu Ghraib...wasn't it something like 50 days in a row NY Times had Abu Ghraib on the front page?


3 posted on 03/08/2006 11:38:44 AM PST by threeleftsmakearight
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To: The Liberal Whisperer
Most feedback praised our decision to highlight a scandal that's been largely underreported by the mainstream media.

To quote Jon Stewart . . . I don't really have a joke here.

4 posted on 03/08/2006 11:39:25 AM PST by Caveman Lawyer (Cluckin' defiance)
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

Right. I'll subscribe to Salon when do the follwoing stories:
UN Peacekeepers rape young girls in the Congo.
Iran court sentences woman to hanging for the outrageous crime of being raped.
Theo Van Gogh murdered by Islamic extremist for making a film about the brutality in whcih Muslim men treat women.


5 posted on 03/08/2006 11:47:31 AM PST by threeleftsmakearight
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To: The Liberal Whisperer
Did they do anything at all there except take pictures?! Geez, it must have been a regular photo shoot 24/7. And what is with photographing things that might even on a slim chance be perceived as illegal or untoward?
6 posted on 03/08/2006 11:51:32 AM PST by A knight without armor
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To: Caveman Lawyer

largely underreported by the mainstream media.

that IS the joke..


7 posted on 03/08/2006 11:52:07 AM PST by GeorgiaDawg32 (Islam is a religion of peace and they'll behead 13 year old girls to prove it...)
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To: A knight without armor

Yea verily!


8 posted on 03/08/2006 4:47:43 PM PST by The Liberal Whisperer
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

Concur.


9 posted on 03/08/2006 4:48:18 PM PST by The Liberal Whisperer
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To: threeleftsmakearight
The NYoldTimers also did 37 (yes thirty seven) articles on Martha Burke's ditsy Augusta Golf Club protest.

Doofus is as Doofus does.

10 posted on 03/08/2006 4:53:10 PM PST by The Liberal Whisperer
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To: threeleftsmakearight
I'll make a wild guess that you're not holding your breath for that. True?
11 posted on 03/08/2006 4:56:13 PM PST by The Liberal Whisperer
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To: The Liberal Whisperer

http://salon.com/news/abu_ghraib/2006/03/14/introduction/


12 posted on 03/15/2006 7:28:42 AM PST by FreedomNeocon (I'm in no Al-Samood for this Shi'ite.)
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To: The Liberal Whisperer

I've got nipples, Salon. Can you milk me?


13 posted on 03/15/2006 7:35:57 AM PST by jw777
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To: The Liberal Whisperer

Those folks at Salon sure do like their prison pictures. I'd suggest "W" take action now to give them an opportunity to build personal portfolios.


14 posted on 03/15/2006 7:43:12 AM PST by muawiyah (-)
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