Iraqis can't believe everything they read
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...
It seems the Fox News formula can work anywhere...
But, have no fear, the Coalition Provincial Authority is on the case, lest our brown brothers overindulge in the fruits of liberty:
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.
Now if Rodger Ailes really wanted to serve his president, he'd have applied for that job.
The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country.
Thomas Paine
The American Crisis
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Just "fired up". Three new posts, inspite of the winds approaching.
Oh god, I love the stimulation of this bar
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Help, tech guys out there, how do you erase one, once posted? Sorry.
Lytton's Vernacular Press Act gets new Life
Joanna:
Help, tech guys out there, how do you erase one, once posted? Sorry.
Can only be done from Billmon's end, but don't worry about it. Double postingd happen all the time in BlogLand.
OT, but dang, Billmon... how do you find all these perfectly applicable quotes?
In the category of "reprinting government news releases", USA Today carried a bylined article reporting that "U.S. authorities in Iraq say they have new evidence that Saddam Hussein's regime gave money and housing to Abdul Rahman Yasin, a suspect in the World Trade Center bombing in 1993, according to U.S. intelligence and law enforcement officials." this makes it sound as if new intelligence has been produced by searching Iraqi archives.
However, this guy was on "60 Minutes" last year, and Tariq Aziz admitted last year that the suspect had fled to Iraq (and Aizi sadi Iraq wanted to give him back). No mention of this in the USA Today article.
If somebody with "Google" can learn this, then why does USA Today simply repeat Administration attempts to re-cycle old information.
I have a little more on this is at this link.
After laughing through "Shock Jocks", "Pokemon", "The Pot and the Kettle" and finally "Getting Away from it all"
came on to post this, something which came out yesterday.
Senate votes 55/40 to pass a resolution to overturn the FCC's new ownership rules. The Pres. said he would veto and the House needs to agree. The FCC ruling is more deregulation which allows more media control of what we read and see, that is television, radio, newspapers, by large companies which obviously gives them more control over what the public sees, hears and thinks.
(Isn't there talk of control of the internet?)
Also significant about the vote is that the following senators, did not vote, Edwards, Graham and Kerry. Lieberman to his credit, voted yes.
So for Fox, Roger Ailes and incidentially Karl Rowe and all the guys, this "thing" of control in Iraq, sounds like a really good deal.
OH JOY!!
Just "fired up". Three new posts, inspite of the winds approaching.
Oh god, I love the stimulation of this bar
Thank you, Billmon