Posted on 03/27/2006 1:20:10 PM PST by RDTF
During a recent visit to Baghdad, I saw an enormous failure. On the part of our media. The reality in the streets, day after day, bore little resemblance to the sensational claims of civil war and disaster in the headlines.
No one with first-hand experience of Iraq would claim the country's in rosy condition, but the situation on the ground is considerably more promising than the American public has been led to believe. Lurid exaggerations and instant myths obscure real, if difficult, progress.
I left Baghdad more optimistic than I was before this visit. While cynicism, political bias and the pressure of a 24/7 news cycle accelerate a race to the bottom in reporting, there are good reasons to be soberly hopeful about Iraq's future.
(Excerpt) Read more at signonsandiego.com ...
The MSM will spike this faster than you can say "success."
It's all Bush's fault !
Great article - nice to see good news for a change
"The MSM will spike this faster than you can say "success."
... and a lot of Freepers who don't want to hear about peace and cooperation will not be happy either.
Thanks for the post.
As more and more of these articles are written by the ones who have been there and been outside the green zone, the harder it's going to be for the MSM to cover them up.
Sign on San Diego (Union Tribune) is usually pretty conservative
But, but, how can this be? The NYT says it's a quagmire??
Or a "low level civil war."
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