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Critics Call Radio Hosts' Trip Propaganda Mission (Talk Show Hosts going to Iraq)
Fox News ^ | 07/03/2005 | Kelley Beaucar Vlahos

Posted on 07/03/2005 3:35:41 PM PDT by Impeach98

Critics Call Radio Hosts' Trip Propaganda Mission

Sunday, July 03, 2005 By Kelley Beaucar Vlahos

WASHINGTON — A contingent of conservatives talk radio hosts is headed to Iraq this month on a mission to report "the truth" about the war: American troops are winning, despite headlines to the contrary.

The "Truth Tour" has been pulled together by the conservative Web cast radio group Rightalk.com and Move America Forward, a non-profit conservative group backed by a Republican-linked public relations firm in California.

"The reason why we are doing it is we are sick and tired of seeing and hearing headlines by the mainstream media about our defeat in Iraq," Melanie Morgan, a talk radio host (search) for KSFO Radio in San Francisco and co-chair of Move America Forward, said.

Morgan said the media is "imposing a Vietnam template on this war."

"This is not Vietnam," she said. "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."

She said the group is going to Iraq to support American troops, who see a disconnection with what they experience and what's being reported in the United States. She said the incongruence is leading to "morale problems."

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.

"This is the most pathetic thing I've heard in a long time. They should be ashamed of themselves," Peter Beinart, editor of left-leaning The New Republic magazine, said.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
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1 posted on 07/03/2005 3:35:44 PM PDT by Impeach98
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To: Impeach98
I'm a little disappointed in Fox News. This is their first report on the trip and they report on the criticism of the trip before they ever report to their viewers on the actual "Truth Tour" itself.

Shame on them...that's the tactic of the left-wing media... report on conservatives by reporting on how people say they are wrong/bad/evil.

2 posted on 07/03/2005 3:37:08 PM PDT by Impeach98
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To: Impeach98

the left has done their best to distort iraq to their advantage.

where do you think all those po' folks get new american flags, and nicely painted anti-u.s. signs? -- from the american journalists.


3 posted on 07/03/2005 3:38:24 PM PDT by ken21 (it takes a village to brainwash your child + to steal your property! /s)
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To: Impeach98

I have no problem with FOX on this--reporters/commentators going over to report on a story is NOT a news story; being criticized for it is.


4 posted on 07/03/2005 3:40:05 PM PDT by Dr.Hilarious (If Al Qaeda took over the judiciary and mainstream media, would we know the difference?)
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To: Impeach98

"This is the most pathetic thing I've heard in a long time. They should be ashamed of themselves," Peter Beinart, editor of left-leaning The New Republic magazine, said,
"What's the matter? Don't they trust us?"


5 posted on 07/03/2005 3:40:10 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Impeach98
They have no idea what journalism is, and to pretend they are journalists is laughable," Beinart said. "You do not achieve victory by not facing reality.

Guess it all depends on who is defining "reality".
6 posted on 07/03/2005 3:40:44 PM PDT by CO Gal (Liberals should be seen, but not heard..)
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To: Impeach98

The "critics" don't "get it." "Propaganda" is written by Leftist jugheads in the offices of the NYT and WaPo in New York. Going to Iraq to see for yourself is not "propaganda."


7 posted on 07/03/2005 3:40:52 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (We did not lose in Vietnam. We left.)
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To: Impeach98

It is disapointing to see Fox News give all of that space to the critics.

But, the point is that the left is going crazy that Move America Forward to taking conservative talk show hosts to Iraq to broadcast the truth from the mouths of the Marines, soliers and airmen themselves.

The liberals can't live with the truth. They have to twist everything into their "Blame America First" mentality.


8 posted on 07/03/2005 3:41:10 PM PDT by RWGuy
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To: Dr.Hilarious

The first sanctioned tour by CENTCOM of talk radio hosts going over to Iraq isn't a news story in your mind? Wow - you and I see it differently. I think the fact that talk radio is going to allow U.S. Troops to report directly on how they see things going after they've complained other media outlets only report on bad news is very much a news story. You and I certainly look at this quite differently!


9 posted on 07/03/2005 3:41:46 PM PDT by Impeach98
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To: Bob J

Hey, pretty cool


10 posted on 07/03/2005 3:42:36 PM PDT by visualops (www.visualops.com)
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To: Impeach98; Bob J; diotima

Ping


11 posted on 07/03/2005 3:42:49 PM PDT by Seeking the truth (0cents.com - Pajama Patrol Badges are here!)
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To: Impeach98
The first sanctioned tour by CENTCOM of talk radio hosts going over to Iraq isn't a news story in your mind?

What lib talk radio hosts have asked to go over?

12 posted on 07/03/2005 3:44:07 PM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: mewzilla

Liberal talk radio hosts were invited - but they declined. One of them was Alan Colmes I believe!


13 posted on 07/03/2005 3:45:11 PM PDT by Impeach98
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To: FlingWingFlyer; Impeach98; CO Gal

Methinks the "critics" protest too much.....


14 posted on 07/03/2005 3:46:16 PM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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To: Impeach98
I thought I heard Colmes was going over, just not with this bunch? In any case, can't call it a propaganda trip when the libs chickened out.
15 posted on 07/03/2005 3:47:00 PM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: All

How dare these people go to Iraq to get a first-hand experience of what the war is really like!! They should just trust the mainstream ultra-liberal media. When has the liberal media ever been wrong?


16 posted on 07/03/2005 3:49:29 PM PDT by CaliGangsta
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To: All

How dare these people go to Iraq to get a first-hand experience of what the war is really like!! They should just trust the mainstream ultra-liberal media. When has the liberal media ever been wrong?


17 posted on 07/03/2005 3:49:39 PM PDT by CaliGangsta
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To: CaliGangsta

sorry about the repost.


18 posted on 07/03/2005 3:50:03 PM PDT by CaliGangsta
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To: Impeach98
It just kills the leftist, anti-American elite media, when folks (conservative media), who truly care about our country and our service men and women, report the truth. It also kills the elite media that there might be another media out there that is rooting FOR the United States to win the war on terrorism and in Iraq, rather than against us. A neutral press, as they like to claim they are, serves no one but the enemy.
19 posted on 07/03/2005 4:00:31 PM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Kill 'em til they're dead! Then, kill 'em again!)
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To: Impeach98

(s)How dare talk radio bypass the legacy media.(/s)

FNC is too slow to report on this. What is it with FNC lately? It is as if they keep slipping in DNC talking points. (ie Suport Gonzalez, Weasely Clerk, Oreily's weaseling his harvard into his comentaries)


20 posted on 07/03/2005 4:05:22 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE!)
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