A new Gallup poll says
Majority of Americans View Media Coverage of Iraq as Inaccurate [...] by a 61% to 36% margin, those who feel that the Iraq coverage is inaccurate say it is because the media make the situation there appear worse than it actually is.
White House Press Secretary says
…we may be out of touch with reality because we sit around and we look at fractional pictures on the screen. This is a President who gets exhaustive briefings on a daily basis about the situation. He knows more than anybody in this room about what’s going on there.
It seems to me that if either point were actually true, then it is the President’s job to explain to us what is going on in Iraq with facts. And, of course, they are completely unable to do this. Or unwilling. Or both. Why?
And, in the end, regardless of whether a poll notes that American’s have a deep suspicion of the press and do not trust the news that is coming out of Iraq, the reality of what is happening on the ground in Iraq can be gained from non US press sources, written by Iraqi’s, and there are many out there, and all of them tell a grim story nonetheless. A grim story that is reflected in the news from US media.
The headline reads: “’06 album sales plunge; downloads way up”, which could be a headline from the past five years or so. Problem was, people in the biz wanted to believe otherwise. Which just goes to show you that even smart college boys can be wrong and your average 13 year old knew more than a bunch of Harvard wonks and an entire industry of music suits.
Bush is irrelevant. But, he still wields his pen like a sword…
Who you going to believe? Me or you own lying eyes? It’s not that Hussein was humiliated. He was. The issue is that the level of decency that a democracy should dictate during such an event, using the Nuremberg trials and executions as a good base of comparison, were simply thrown out the window. Another great public relations blunder for the Bush White House, not to mention an ethical one. Not that anyone is counting…
Michelle Malkin is heading over to Iraq to find a person she believes doesn’t exist who apparently does exist. Of course, it seems that the reality of the situation may have been a bit too nuanced for Malkin and her wingnut compadres to comprehend. I’m aghast, and predict that her reaction will be a well developed bout of amnesia. The real world possible ramifications of this folly? John Emerson at Seeing the Forest writes: Malkin may get this guy killed, Attytood has some points worth noting and Greg Sargent lays down the facts…
Let’s Face It, There is No Government in Iraq. (c/o Avedon)
Shoe. Other foot.
