Press Had Better Hope We Win War-If We Don't People WILL Blame The Media!

[kpete]

March 05, 2006
THE MUDVILLE GAZETTE:


In a recent press briefing General George Casey (the commander of Multinational Forces in Iraq) countered virtually every inflated claim made by the media regarding Iraq's recent "civil war" in the wake of the Shrine bombing in Samarra. But there are significant disconnects between what Gen Casey said and how his words are reported. . . .

The media is free to dispute the General's claims - that's expected of them. But in this case they aren't, they are simply using his words selectively in a manner that supports their own previously published fictions. There's no law that says U.S. media outlets are required to report accurately or completely on comments made by military or government officials. Likewise there are no requirements for media outlets to acknowledge that they are printing unverified claims made by "other parties" in the war as confirmed "news" - as was the case in the aftermath of the Shrine bombing (See here and here). But consumers of those reports should be aware of their flaws.


The press had better hope we win this war, because if we don't, a lot of people will blame the media.

http://instapundit.com/archives/028991.php

[indie_voter]

1. poor deluded sheep. n/t

[killbotfactory]

2. Just like vietnam, right?

The military is doing everything right, but those damn media people and the anti-war movement are using protest signs of mass destruction to undercut our victory!!!

:sarcasm:

[IsItJustMe]

3. The msm uses the cut and paste method of reporting

The white house says it.
The media cuts it.
Then the media pastes it into the newpaper.

[bunkerbuster1]

4. instaCRAPper Glenda Reynolds

golly, anyone wonder why this wank-tard doesn't have a "comments" section on his suck-ass blog?

[MessiahRp]

5. We've already lost the war.

The War in Iraq and the War on Terror were wars for the minds, hearts and souls of those who viewed us in negative light. We could have won the war with more consideration and acceptance of muslim culture. We could have won the war with a simple capture of Osama when we had him trapped at Tora Bora and supplied a support system for Afghanistan to rebuild itself.

We didn't need to slaughter and bomb innocent people. We didn't need our troops to go in with the attitude of hostility towards the natives. We didn't need our Government to treat it as a Christian Crusade and to view our hosts as less than human.

We have made more terrorists than we could have ever hoped to have capture. Our attitudes towards the Middle East are that of intolerance and hatred and they are responding in kind.

The war is lost. Blame the media now.

Rp