Posted on 12/03/2006 10:22:15 AM PST by Starman417
If ever there was a column in need of a BARF alert....
I'm curious. Has Trudy written one column extolling the courage of the men and women of our armed forces in Iraq? One column?
Trudy will look good in a burkah.
Trudy must be talking about the Al Jazeera reporters she gets her copy from.
They need to be arrested for working with the enemy. How many American soldiers have been killed while they stood watching with their Islamic buddies.
"The media give aid and comfort to the enemies of the United States, rally their troops against us, and unite the American people in opposition to military measures necessary for victory."
So very true!!!!!! You can see it happen!! and you said...
"Because the few American media personnel in Iraq all collude and lack meaningful competition, the American people never will hear---"
But why? It can't be "just because they hate Bush".
I'm reading what SandRat is posting/pinging -- article after article of the positive that is happening in Iraq....
1. Leaders working toward security handover, dismantling al Qaeda in Iraq
2. Sailors save young girl's life
3. Iraqi Army, Coalition Detain, Kill Insurgents; Iraqis Killed in Suicide Attack
3. DoD Promoting Businesses Owned by Wounded Vets
4. U.S. Military to Boost Trainers for Iraqi Army, Police, General Says
5. Outdated Images of Detention Center, Mission Frustrate Guantanamo Troopers
6. Iraqis to Command Four Northern Divisions by February, U.S. General Says
7. Marine moms prepare Christmas gift packages for deployed soldiers.
the above from the last 2 days!!! Why is this being ignored! I can't understand.
Looks like Trudy had too much pig at the luau.
This article is simply self promotion at the expense of the competition. Bloggers hate the MSM and the MSM hates bloggers. Why, because one is a legitimate alternative of the other. Blog commentary is by far superior to print commentary in terms of flexibility. There are no editors to filter out articles outside of a current or prospective readership. Blogs are not subject to space requirements. Newspapers require zero technical expertise. They are two very different animals that actually compliment each other - but that doesn't quell the mutual hatred. The core of this author’s argument is that the information of her media is superior to the information contained in other media. I don’t believe her. She is right about a corollary point. The fewer journalists you have, the fewer stories are going to get coverage. But the trade off is to do with career journalists who sacrifice tough questions for access. Bloggers produce far more information most of which is lower quality so skepticism becomes a part of the process of searching for information. It is harder to crosscheck an article in print than a blog so… I think I’ll stick to blogging.
Those seven stories all seem to come from what the press considers "unreliable propaganda" of their enemy (who incidentally defends to the death their right to print rubbish). None of them contain several Democrat/terrorist talking points, and none come from "reliable, unbiased sources" that we properly call our Islamofascist terrorist enemies. The media in Iraq collect and distribute enemy propaganda to us and espionage to the enemy. To take sides with the Americans or to oppose or question our enemies constitutes a breach of "journalistic ethics," the unwritten code that compels the press to collude in the collection and dissemination of enemy propaganda as irrefutable truth to the exclusion of anything reflecting reality. Incessant hawking of demonstrably false enemy propaganda, however, wins a Pulitzer Prize.
"To take sides with the Americans or to oppose or question our enemies constitutes a breach of "journalistic ethics," the unwritten code that compels the press to collude in the collection and dissemination of enemy propaganda as irrefutable truth to the exclusion of anything reflecting reality. Incessant hawking of demonstrably false enemy propaganda, however, wins a Pulitzer Prize."
What you say is correct, however, it is more than just that!
The msm and the Democrats have something much stronger than the "I hate Bush" and goals of Pulitzer prizes campaign going. And the results are our men and women are dying because of it. That is unforgivable.
I can't figure out what to do about it!!!! So discouraging when you read all that SandRat puts up on FreeRepublic, so much good is happening - not only the good deeds but the war also has results. And so few are listening of know.
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