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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 08:47 PM Original message |
Editor&Publisher: In war coverage, "insurgents" have morphed into "Al Qaeda" |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. Not only the 'military'. Every media outlet has fallen right in step. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 09:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Really? |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 11:59 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. "The fact that they're not questioning it more is troubling." Exactly |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 05:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
29. really. |
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Screwfly (159 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. Bush&co |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
3. There is an Iraqi al-Quada, but they're a minority. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 10:48 AM Response to Reply #3 |
19. How do we know there is an Iraqi al-Quada outside of our governments mind? |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
5. Probably part of a plan to make bombing Iran palatable to the populace |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 10:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Yeah, except "Al Qaeda" is Sunni, and Iran is Shiite. |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 12:49 AM Response to Reply #6 |
14. The distinction is probably lost on bush himself. |
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petgoat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
7. Even NPR has been referring to every military action as |
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young_at_heart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
8. I counted 14 times the NBC reporter from Iraq said "Al-Qaeda" in his report |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
9. Well - thank you very little and F you very much George W. bu$h... |
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kurth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
10. Worthless lapdog media |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 10:44 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Yup, and when called on it... |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 10:51 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. I can hear Timmeh saying this! |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 06:57 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. I heard one of them say this once |
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NYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 07:35 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Greg Palast. |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 05:04 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Right, thanks |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
11. It doesn't matter, when we finally leave, and we will eventually, |
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cosmicdot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
12. I had noticed. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 06:26 AM Response to Original message |
15. So is there like a memo? |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 11:00 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. That would be interesting -- exactly how this was accomplished. |
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Gabi Hayes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 07:03 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. there IS a word for this: |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
16. About time someone noticed n/t |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
18. "...why this is happening is not certain,..." Oh, the "why" is very |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
21. The Memo: "We need you media to say 'Al-Qaeda' to help increase our enlistments. |
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jackstraw45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
23. Pravda had NOTHING on the US Corporate Media.... |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
24. Didn't Judith Miller *prove* they were Al Queda? n/t |
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