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Media Bias Warm Up09/08/2003 Dan Rather Does Something RightThese words actually came out of Dan Rather's mouth during an interview with Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez, commander of the U.S. forces in Iraq: "What is, in your judgment, the biggest mistake or inaccuracy that the press in general is making about the situation here?" And then he asked for details: "Give me one example of a success that you think is being under-reported." Way to go, Dan! Dan being Dan, however, he first treated us to the usual rhetoric about Iraq being "quick sand", a "quagmire" and even a "tar baby". And later, he provided a soapbox for a bunch of masked Iraqi militants hooligans who claimed to have killed Americans out of a need to "fight the occupation". While introducing them, he tried to cover his butt by saying, "There's no way to confirm their claims, but certainly they appear willing to kill and to die to get Americans out of here." Find more on this story here. Media Lying About Employment ReportThe news Friday was pockmarked with stories about the number of jobs held by Americans declining by nearly 100,000 in August. The actual statistics from the Labor Department report showed that the economy added almost 150,000 jobs. Here are a few of the headlines:
Find more on this story here. Public Won't Drop "Baseless" Belief in Iraq-9/11 ConnectionA poll conducted by the Washington Post discovered that 69 percent of Americans continue to believe that the 9/11 hijackers received training and support from Iraq. This is mind-numbingly infuriating to the mainstream media! They have tried so hard to make us believe that Saddam Hussein intended no harm to America. The Post said, "That impression, which exists despite the fact that the hijackers were mostly Saudi nationals acting for al Qaeda, is broadly shared by Democrats, Republicans and independents." They went on to dismiss the idea as a "groundless belief", a "misconception" and the result of "a general fuzz going around". I can't help but believe that the only fuzz is in the brains of the media people who insist on overlooking the evidence found at the Salman Pak training camp outside Baghdad - airliners set up far from any landing strip - and the accounts of veterans of that camp who told of being trained to hijack airliners using only knives. Sadly, it suits the anti-war, anti-Bush agenda of the pro-Saddam cheerleaders in the media to continue trying to convince intelligent viewers and readers that they are misguided. Read more about this story here. Reuters' New TraditionNot wanted to miss an opportunity to spread propaganda, Reuters placed this caption under a photo commemorating September 11: "Changed Views of the United States two years after the September 11 horrors may haunt Washington's quest for help in grappling with the bloody aftermath of the Iraq invasion. The suicide hijack attacks on New York and Washington in 2001 produced a remarkable outpouring of sympathy for America, but sympathy soured as Bush declared a vague 'war on terror' that he took to Afghanistan and then, far more controversially, to Iraq. In this composite photo, a woman cries as the Star Spangled Banner is played in central London on Sept. 13, 2001(L), while a protester rallies against the U.S. backed war in Iraq (R), in this March 2003 file photo. Reuters/Kieran Doherty, Peter Macdiarmid." A year ago, on September 3, 2002, we were treated to this Reuters caption under a photo of Ground Zero: "Recovery and debris removal work continues at the site of the World Trade Center known as 'ground zero' in New York, March 25, 2002. Human rights around the world have been a casualty of the U.S. 'war on terror' since September 11. Reuters/Peter Morgan." Reuters, consider yourselves officially denounced! Read more about this story here. When you feel your personal media bias tolerance gauge rising into the red zone, don't throw stuff at the TV screen! Send your suggestion to outrage@fairpress.org! Each week, one hideous example of media bias will be selected for closer examination. Hmmmmmm . . .
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