Iraqi Troops Donate $1000 to California Wildfire Aid, Media Mum
Here's a heart-rending story out of Iraq media will likely boycott or downplay: a group of Iraqi soldiers in a military camp east of Baghdad collected $1000 last week to send to folks in southern California affected by the recent wildfires. Certainly not something an anti-war media will want to quickly share with the public, wouldn't you agree? Yet, there it was Monday evening at CNN.com,…
‘Journalists’ Tell Howard Kurtz Why Good News from Iraq Shouldn
As CNN's Howard Kurtz accurately pointed out on Sunday's "Reliable Sources," few media outlets seemed at all interested in giving much attention to the great news out of Iraq last week regarding September's sharp decline in casualties. To Kurtz's obvious frustration, his guests - Robin Wright of the Washington Post and Barbara Starr of CNN - both supported the press burying this extremely…
For CNN, Petraeus Report All About Withdrawal
"This is John Smith, reporting live from the beaches of Normandy, where Allied troops have launched a massive invasion aiming to defeat the Axis.""John, this is Bob Brown back in the studio. When does General Eisenhower think the first Allied troops can start to come home?""What the . . . ?" OK, the surge isn't D-Day. But surely an important part of what we are looking for in General Petraeus's…
