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Iraq: About Those Poll Numbers...

By Marc Landers | October 04, 2006 | 02:58

Omar gives an Iraqis take on the latest poll numbers out of Iraq. One of the first things to strike me, is his characterization of how the media are misinforming the people about America's role in Iraq and as he notes:

"For over three years, the media kept focusing on the mistakes and shortcomings of the US military and US administration in what I can only describe as force-feeding hatred to the Iraqi people"

Sound familiar?  I'd venture their reporting mirrors the left wing media in the US and the Democrats talking points.  Omar states almost as much.

"What do you expect the attitude of the common Iraqi to be when he watches, hears or reads about the fairly wide anti-war movement in the west?

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The Guardian's Sound of Silence

By Marc Landers | October 03, 2006 | 12:13

Remember when the AP ran the bogus story about the Crowd booing when President Bush annonunced that Bill Clinton was ill? There was no booing and the report created a firestorm in the blogsphere. Faced with an onslaught from bloggers, the AP was forced to retract the story.

The Guardian's Jonathan Freeland was caught in the reverse when he claimed there was no applause in response to this statement by PM Blair at the Labor Party conference:

"So when Blair said that a withdrawal from Iraq or Afghanistan would be "a craven act of surrender", he said it to silence."

BBC Reporter: Bush Wasn't Elected

By Marc Landers | October 03, 2006 | 10:22

The BBC's Greg Palast says, "unlike our President he [Chavez] was elected". No bias there!