Thursday, November 06, 2008

A small political post for the season...

I have been so completely frustrated with the media bias during the election cycle, not following the basic definition of journalism: "Writing characterized by a direct presentation of facts or description of events without an attempt at interpretation", that I decided to make a small political comment on our blog...

When I visited Baghdad in the summer of 1990 (3 weeks before Saddam invaded Kuwait), it was very clear that Saddam was one sick dude, as all dictators are. However, I've never been a huge fan of the war in Iraq. With that said, the main stream media seems to be so completely invested in our defeat in Iraq that they are ignoring the amazing progress that has been made in the past 2 years because of the surge. Click on the headline below to read the whole article.

Winning Isn't News

By INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY | Posted Monday, July 07, 2008 4:20 PM PT

Iraq: What would happen if the U.S. won a war but the media didn't tell the American public? Apparently, we have to rely on a British newspaper for the news that we've defeated the last remnants of al-Qaida in Iraq.

2 comments:

Gloria Pierson said...

Well stated! It is so frustrating to get everyone's option rather that factual news on the media!

FRANKLIN & SHARON ORDELHEIDE said...

EXCELLANT!!! IT'S ABOUT TIME SOMEONE HAS THE CHUTZPAH TO TELL IT LIKE IT REALLY IS. I OFTEN WONDER WHAT OTHER COUNTRIES THINK OF THE DISLOYALTY AND SHORT MEMORIES OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. BUSH HASN'T DONE EVERYTHING RIGHT....BUT I THINK HISTORY WILL BE KINDER TO HIM THAN MOST BELIEVE...TRUMAN HAD ABOUT THE SAME APPROVAL RATINGS WHEN HE LEFT OFFICE!! ENJOYED THIS PIECE. AUNTIE S