Posted on 03/13/2008 3:57:54 PM PDT by april15Bendovr
Study: Antiwar Reporting Helps U.S. Enemies Thursday , March 13, 2008
Insurgents in Iraq get a boost from coverage in the news media that shows support for troop withdrawals from the war torn country, according to a study.
Two Harvard University economists found that insurgent groups are responsive to "antiresolve" statements in the media.
"It shows that the various insurgent groups do respond to incentives and shows that a successful counter insurgency strategy should take that reality into account," Jonathan Monten, a co-author of the study and a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, told US News and World Report.
Insurgent attacks increased between 7 and 10 percent immediately after a spike in "antiresolve" statements in the media, according to the findings.
The study was published by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Baghdad was excluded from the study and it did not review overall cost and public debate.
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“Could you elaborate a little further?”
By subsidizing jihadi terrorists in the Balkans and the Middle East, most recently with $500,000,000.00 to Fatah and a planned $375,000,000.00 to the KLA terrorists in Kosovo on top of the tens of millions already sent to them courtesy of Sen. McCain whose various campaigns have been bankrolled by drug/sex slave/Wahabbist money from the Kosovo Mohammedans.
You have Freepmail
"..*Walter Cronkite, CBS-TV news anchor known as "the most trusted man in America," after a combat tour of Vietnam in 1968 declared, "There is no way this war can be justified any longer.".."
He was the most un-American man indoctrinating America.
Outspoken commentary (Cronkite)
"# In 2003, Cronkite, who owns property on Martha's Vineyard, became involved in a long-running debate over his opposition to the construction of a wind farm in that area.
# In his column, he has repeatedly condemned President George W. Bush and the 2003 invasion of Iraq. In 1998, he supported President Bill Clinton during the impeachment trial. He has also been a proponent of centralized world government, writing fund-raising letters for the World Federalist Association (now Citizens for Global Solutions). ......."
And it goes on. The "Silent Majority" never got it about Cronkite. In those days the people were fed their information in penny packets by MSM. Today they have choices and that chaps Cronkite's ass.
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