A vendor shows newspapers for sale at his stall in Baghdad. The Pentagon is paying millions to a public-relations firm for work that appears to violate fundamental principles of Western journalism.
Priciples of Western Journalism.
Posted on 12/01/2005 8:00:13 AM PST by Rennes Templar
Edited on 12/01/2005 8:01:22 AM PST by Sidebar Moderator. [history]
WASHINGTON (Nov. 30) - Titled "The Sands Are Blowing Toward a Democratic Iraq," an article written this week for publication in the Iraqi press was scornful of outsiders' pessimism about the country's future.
A vendor shows newspapers for sale at his stall in Baghdad. The Pentagon is paying millions to a public-relations firm for work that appears to violate fundamental principles of Western journalism.
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Are they alleging that the articles are untrue?
If not, what's the issue?
I guess they have to hire Jayson Blair, and Mary Mapes, to conform to Western journalistic standards.
And the NYT & WaPo charge subscriptions to ignore good news in Iraq.
In the US, if anyone else does it, it's known as public relations.
They are absolutely correct. Western Journalism dictates that only lies and yellow journalism is to be printed...
So what!!! What do these pompus arrogant ignorant pinheads think war is all about.
The next thing you know the Pentagon will be giving the Iraqi media forged documents they copied at a Kinkos about how Zarqawi didn't show up to mandatory terrorist training day 30 years ago. Who is lecturing who about journalistic standards now?
"So what!!! What do these pompus arrogant ignorant pinheads think war is all about?"
For them, losing. Which would be victory.
The New York Times pays people to write only negative news about Iraq. How come that's not a problem?
Who pays the NYT to plant stories. Soros, DNC, Dean, Pelosi, Kennedy, Schumer, Dodd, Kerry, Heinz, Boxer..................this list goes on.
A vendor shows newspapers for sale at his stall in Baghdad. The Pentagon is paying millions to a public-relations firm for work that appears to violate fundamental principles of Western journalism.
Priciples of Western Journalism.
I was pleased to learn that the US was doing this. It seems to be the only way to get our side out in the public arena.
The madia went ga ga over the War Room that the Clintonistas set up to put out lies about his opponents. They admired about how well he could "spin" the media. Even Sen. Bob Kerrey admired what "a very good liar" Clinton was. CarVile and Begala even got jobs at CNN for being such good liars. Yet, the military "plants" TRUE stories in Iraqi papers, and that's somehow unethical or unseemly? These liberal scum just hate and loath the military. Period.
Democrats are just pissed because the terrorist point of view isn't fairly represented.
MSM= wahhh wahhhhh wahhhhhh
somebody sniff took sniff away sniff our sniff journalism sniff monopoly sniff
Oh. please. Western Journalism violates the "fundamental principles" of Western Journalism.
Oh well, Western journalists are too arrogant & cowardly to go there, so we must cope, somehow.
"True success stories are being placed in the Iraq free press to combat enemy propaganda"
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