Critics Call Radio Hosts' Trip Propaganda Mission (Talk Show Hosts going to Iraq)

Fox News ^ | 07/03/2005 | Kelley Beaucar Vlahos

[T'wit]

>> Who is this Al Franken?

Sorry, I'm not allowed to use bad language in forum.

[T'wit]

>> This from a guy employed by a magazine that gave us Stephen Glass. I consider the New Republic to be the laughingstock of political rags.

>> I think if they are going over to get an idea of what war is really like then they should get in a Hummer and travel the roads with the troops.

The first American journalist killed in Iraq was Michael Kelly -- in a Hummer, traveling with the 3rd Infantry Division. Ironically, he was a former editor of the New Republic and still wrote in liberal media, though he had become one of the most thoughtful conservative voices in the country. Tony Snow on Fox mourned Kelly as "one of the handful of editorial geniuses in our generation," whose death was "an indescribable loss to the journalism profession." Indeed it was.

[wtc911]

Still waiting....no surprise.

[ladyinred]

But critics, including independent journalists who have reported from Iraq, say the trip is a propaganda mission for the U.S. military and the Bush administration and cannot be considered "journalism" by any standards.

The sound you hear is me screaming with laughter at the hypocrisy of these idiots!!!! As if what they do is "journalism"!!!!!

[GoodWithBarbarians JustForKaos]

I agree with you, but your last sentence. "A neutral press, as they like to claim they are, serves no one but the enemy."

A neutral press would serve the USA, while the lib propaganda machine serves the enemy. Is more like it. I'm sure this is what you meant.

And we know they claim to be neutral, which is possibly the biggest joke in the history of mankind!

Except for the ones that actually think they are neutral!

[libill]

Fox news is certainly disappointing. On one hand they should be commended for the reports from the journalists on the battlefields of the middle east such as from Oliver North, Geraldo Rivera, Steve Harrigan and more. While I have seen little positive from any other media source.

Most media outlets have courted the cliche' that sensationalism sells and it seems that the ad revenues they get prove that. While the MainStream Media has been chasing the almighty dollar they have foolishly wrought tremendous damage in the United States.

Fox News built its American Empire by including a conservative point of view when the other media outlets obviously ignored the conservative point of view. Now that FNC is on top it seems to be succumbing to chasing the almighty dollar like the rest. While FNC has not abandoned its conservative point of view it has clearly shifted its focus from honest reporting to highlighting sensational stories to further increase its ad revenues.

[wtc911]

Seriously, I believe he's said he wants to go, I'm not sure why he hasn't yet, but I'd bet having the young kids at home weighs heavily on him.

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How many of the troops have kids?

[Syncro]

"War is war, and it's dangerous, and the killing is taking place all of the time. At the same time, where there is danger, there is success and there is a mainstream media that is determined to shut out that success."

Way to go Melanie!

[cricket]

"But critics, including independent journalists who have reported from Iraq, say the trip is a propaganda mission for the U.S. military and the Bush administration and cannot be considered "journalism" by any standards."

. . .hardly a 'fair and balanced' observation and a contradiction by it's own complaint. . .do these folks really have eyes that see? And just 'who' are the independent journalists?

Name names, please. (We know who the critics are and where they come from.)

The above would be laughable; if it were not so pathetic. . .

[TomasUSMC]

Hannity needs to go to visit the troops in Iraq. He needs to live up to his "Your a great American" mantra. Savage needs to go over to Iraq also.

Less talk, Mo Walk.