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Iraqi ministry vows to crack down on 'false news'
CBC News ^ | Friday, December 1, 2006 | The Associated Press

Posted on 12/02/2006 10:27:15 PM PST by ferri

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1 posted on 12/02/2006 10:27:16 PM PST by ferri
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To: ferri

ABCNNBCBS will have a Cow, Right?


2 posted on 12/02/2006 10:33:34 PM PST by Sundog (11/2/06 has come and gone, now the Age of Sarcasm is upon us.)
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Legal action? In a war? Jeesh!


3 posted on 12/02/2006 10:34:32 PM PST by endthematrix ("If it's not the Crusades, it's the cartoons.")
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Conservative bloggers — principally Flopping Aces — had already been questioning the AP’s story, and Mr. Hussein in particular, and with this, it was off to the races.

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2006/11/30/so-just-who-is-capt-jamil-hussein/


4 posted on 12/02/2006 10:39:01 PM PST by endthematrix ("If it's not the Crusades, it's the cartoons.")
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Iraq's Interior Ministry has formed a special unit to monitor news coverage and is vowing to take legal action against journalists who fail to correct stories the ministry deems to be incorrect.

Now THERE'S a full-time job! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Empty out the Palestine Hotel!

5 posted on 12/02/2006 10:41:11 PM PST by Allegra (Vote Dulcie / Finbar 2008)
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It is about damned time! It is enlightening to compare reports on the same incident (example only):
-coalition force verified report indicates 3 injured.
-Iraqi report indicates 38 killed/hundreds injured

It is annoying to see reports in the media (and occasionally touted on here as the "truth") shouting about atrocities that never happened (6 set on fire) or huge numbers of dead in a car bomb that are greatly exaggerated.
6 posted on 12/02/2006 10:45:10 PM PST by tongue-tied
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To: ferri

They need to worry about getting an upper hand on their own country. Monitoring a plethora of news outlets is merely a distraction.


7 posted on 12/02/2006 10:45:44 PM PST by BigSkyFreeper (There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity)
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To: endthematrix

Is Kalaf saying they finally got rid of Bagdad Bob and now the AP has taken his place? Who would have thought?


8 posted on 12/02/2006 10:49:13 PM PST by Goldie Lurks (professional moonbat catcher)
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To: endthematrix

How ironic that the king of false reporting is questioning the Associated Press.


9 posted on 12/02/2006 10:54:44 PM PST by BigSkyFreeper (There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity)
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They need to worry about getting an upper hand on their own country. Monitoring a plethora of news outlets is merely a distraction.

In today's world, monitoring news and fighting to get correct news out is not a distraction. It is the ballgame.

We have a Democrat Congress and won't have the Supreme Court because the Democrats (and the Islamofascists they have allied themselves with) control most of the news.

10 posted on 12/02/2006 11:35:44 PM PST by patriciaruth (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1562436/posts)
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To: BigSkyFreeper
I think they need to do both. They MAY be actually winning on the ground (as our forces and Gen Giap said we were in VN) but the spoon fed masses watching their MSM TV and listening to MSN radio could cause them/us to lose anyway. Just as we, and the South Vietnamese did when the public/political outcry cause our congress to defund the VN conflict.

Giap says NVN was closer to defeat several times than we thought and that our press (and Kerry types) was a big help to them. So I hope they do hold some MSM feet to the flames to support their lies and or retract them.

In 20 years I would hate to read a book by Abdullah Giap saying the Muzzi's murderers were about to break when we pulled out and stop supporting the Iraqi's.
11 posted on 12/03/2006 12:03:50 AM PST by JSteff
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Crack down on false news?

How can this be? The absolute right to publish false news is the bedrock principle of a free press. Just ask Dan Rather.


12 posted on 12/03/2006 12:25:39 AM PST by John Valentine
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Why don't we just turn Kieth Olbermann over to him as a peace gesture?


13 posted on 12/03/2006 12:27:13 AM PST by CBart95
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Why don't we just turn Kieth Olbermann over to him as a peace gesture?


14 posted on 12/03/2006 12:27:18 AM PST by CBart95
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To: ferri

Can we take a lesson from the Iraq government?


15 posted on 12/03/2006 12:30:54 AM PST by Pajamajan (Pray for president Bush-pray for our military-pray for our congress-pray for our nation)
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oh man, what a great idea!!! imagine... :-/


16 posted on 12/03/2006 12:31:59 AM PST by ferri (Be Politically Incorrect: Support the Constitution!)
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To: Allegra
Your tagline seems to be picking up momentum!


17 posted on 12/03/2006 12:42:21 AM PST by JennysCool
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COOL!!!

I love it!!

18 posted on 12/03/2006 12:47:10 AM PST by Allegra (Vote Dulcie / Finbar 2008)
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To: Allegra

It's sweepin' the country! :-)


19 posted on 12/03/2006 12:49:11 AM PST by JennysCool
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To: endthematrix

Bump. Thanks for that link. :o)


20 posted on 12/03/2006 12:49:59 AM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life)
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