Iraqis can't believe everything they read

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/usatoday/20030918/ts_usatoday/11857874&cid=676&ncid=1473

<snip>After decades of government-enforced deprivation, Iraqis now have no shortage of news outlets.

But the information gleaned from this fresh crop of media varies widely in accuracy and credibility. Iraqi newspapers are printing everything from unedited U.S. government news releases to outlandish conspiracy theories about who's behind the series of car bombings since early August.

Some officials worry that outrageous, rumor-fueled reports are just as likely to be believed as more objective, fact-based accounts. They say misleading news stories fuel rumors and stoke fears that make it difficult to resurrect Iraqi society.

That's why the U.S.-led coalition authority appointed a commissioner this summer to supervise the media. It's also why a member of the Iraqi Governing Council, which is gradually assuming some control over the nation, proposed legislating ethical standards for Iraqi media.

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[TioDiego]

1. Bhagdad Bob should be in demand then?

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2. so the CPA appoints a media 'czar' and that will make it better?

uh-huh... riiiiiight. :eyes:

[Enraged_Ape]

3. Then they have it better than we do

Because we can't believe ANYTHING we read in our media.