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NEWSWEEK-typical liberal bias |
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A "RUSH" Ms. Thang? |
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05/17/2005 |
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My point was that news outlets in both print and TV will, in my opinion, rush to get an anti-bush, anti-USA, anti-troop piece out to the public and seem to squash any good news or positive reviews of the president or our troops. Cases in point: this Koran story, the zeal in covering the Abu Graib abuses, the Bush national guard story, the "terrible" economy all the time, I can go on and on. It is very very rare that you hear anything at all that is remotely encouraging from the press and they just LOVE to tear down the president and the war on terror. Journalists are supposed to be unbiased and objective, they're not supposed to encite riots which is what Newsweek did and they should hang their heads in shame. |
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If Newsweek wanted to "RUSH" to get out a story about the Koran being flushed down toilets all they had to do was to interview the 12 former GitMo prisoners who have givent he same story to the BBC, the London Times and a variety of news organizations.
Newsweek tried, as best they could, to confirm the story. They went to the Pentagon with the piece. The Pentagon gave them the go ahead and did not challenge the portion of the piece that they are being hung for.
Further, their source did not say that the incident didn't happen. What he said was that the incident would appear in a gov't report. He had read an advance copy of the report and that the incident was included in the report.
It was only later, when he saw the final versino of the report that he had to tell Newsweek that the incident would not be included. This is possibly the same information that the Pentagon used when they approved the report.
There is no indication that the violence that broke out was due to the Newsweek article. The military spokesman indicated as much. He placed the blame on other factors when asked directly abou the incidents. Now HE is changing his story... guess that would make him unreliable as well.
The problem of course is not wether the incident can be confirmed or not by Newsweek. The problem is that so many others are telling the same stroy. AND ... because of America's narrow world view ... we don't understand how the Koran is viewed in Muslim counties. We think, hell, it's just a book... toss out my bible and my faith is still intact. Desicrating the Koran is the same as someone burning an American flag. If US troops were forced to watch as flags were burned in their presence we would take it as a huge insult. That is how they feel in Afganistan, etc., about the Koran.
Lastly it is NOT ... repeat NOT anti-American to report the truth. Reporting the truth, even if it hurts is the MOST American thing that we can do. Only in a facist country is it wrong to shine the light on the truth about ones own government.
Remember, in the United States it is "Hail" not "Heil to the Cheif".
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