AP Explains Why It Will Ignore Iraq Now That News Is Better

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tom-blumer/2008/06/17/ap-explains-why-it-will-ignore-iraq-now-news-better ^

[chessplayer]

An unbylined Associated Press report yesterday, at least as carried at MSNBC, acknowledges improvement, and then explains why it's not going to get much future coverage from the wire service as long as things stay that way:

BAGHDAD - Signs are emerging that Iraq has reached a turning point. Violence is down, armed extremists are in disarray, government confidence is rising and sectarian communities are gearing up for a battle at the polls rather than slaughter in the streets.

Those positive signs are attracting little attention in the United States, where the war-weary public is focused on the American presidential contest and skeptical of talk of success after so many years of unfounded optimism by the war's supporters.

[Moose4]

So even when things go good...it’s Bush’s fault!

}:-)4

[xcamel]

Good news is not news...

[HardStarboard]

Puzzle:

If it is such a highly reportable disaster if we loose, why is it not an equally important success if we win?

[Tao Yin]

Funniest line

skeptical of talk of success after so many years of unfounded optimism by the war's supporters.

Talk about 180 the wrong way. How about...

skeptical of talk of success after so many years of unfounded negativism by the war's opposition.

[SERKIT]

So....AP wants to keep “war weary” at the forefront by only reporting BAD news. Maybe Americans would be less war weary if the truth be told that we WON, and we are now winding down full-on military force. Odd logic, but AP is part of the logic-sparce liberal, drive-by, dinosaur media. They truly need to register as a 527 as part of the LibDem cabal.

[Dilbert San Diego]

But, if what was happening in Iraq was so important when things were more difficult, why isn’t it newsworthy that things have turned around? If what happens to Iraq is vitally important to the future of the world, isn’t that still true now that things have changed in Iraq? Aren’t the eventual results of Iraq still important? Shouldn’t the progress be noted?

[ssaftler]

why is it not an equally important success if we win?

Silly person, "war success" isn't in the AP dictionary. Any attempts to use the two words in the same sentence will cause the AP spell checker to delete the sentence.

If you have more than three sentences in your "news" story with that error, the whole story is spiked.

[RWB Patriot]

“Don’t expect to read any more about it (good Iraq news) from the AP. After all, you’re just not interested.”

“Good news doesn’t help our goal” would’ve been more fitting.

I wonder what the Founding Fathers, who considered a free press essential to liberty, would say upon seeing the press we have today.

[Dilbert San Diego]

I would like to know that too. If the situation in Iraq and the future of Iraq are so vital to the world, why isn’t it considered to be newsworthy when the situation has turned the corner?

[smedley64]

Unbelievable! Oh wait, no it isn’t. At least the AP is honest enough to admit that they are shills for anything that makes America look bad. WTG AP! How the hell anyone can take them seriously as an unbiased source of news, I’ll never know. They certainly don’t take themselves seriously, and freely admit as much. These people are evil, plain and simple.

[avacado]

AP - Due to the fact that things are going so well in Iraq and that Victory has been achieved and the fact that we, the liberals, have a moron for a candidate that needs our help, we will be distancing ourselves from any, and all, American successes. Thank you for understanding. P.S. We support the troops!

[johnny7]

Funny... I’ve ignored the AP even before we went into Iraq.

[GauchoUSA]

Because it’s an election year and Obama has always been against the war and cites his record as proof. Good news is not good for Liberals especially Obama

[cake_crumb]

They achieved their objective by constantly misreporting and exaggerating BAD news in order to turn public opinion against the war in Iraq and thus adding another nail to GW’s political coffin...they sure wouldn’t want to report and GOOD news and jeopardize all that hard work, now would they?

[BillyBonebrake]

This is the AP’s quiet acknowledgement that they lost the war against the war. I like how they even delicately acknowledge their alliance with the apathetic yet imaptient (childish) Americans among us.

[what's up]

Those positive signs are attracting little attention in the United States

Yes, by AP reporters who don't WANT to report good news.

[tbpiper]

after so many years of unfounded optimism

Theses people are soooo stupid...i.e., if things are getting better, then all those years are not unfounded.

[Earthdweller]

BTTT

[marron]

Imagine if the press decided not to cover VE Day because, well, there is a lot of stuff happening back home that people are more interested in.

Now, imagine a country in which people really are more interested in whats going on in Hollywood and whether or not some stupid bill gets passed in congress, and they reall don’t care that we just won the war.