I keep hearing from conservatives that the reason things are going so poorly in Iraq is because of the media.
And the fact that, (as this is now been admitted to by Bush and his generals, and his new Secretary of Defense), they have been reporting the truth about our lack of progress.
Would the war be going better if they were censored and only reported propaganda fed to them by the administration and the Army.
You know, stuff like zero casualties so far, troops hampered by flowers and candy clogging tank tracks. Green Zone horticultural marvel, Iraq's committing suicide everywhere because they can't handle all the new freedom and peace. Stuff like that?
Oh yeah. What ever happened to Pvt. Lynch? Haven't seen her in a while.
2006-12-10 04:57:42 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Their are already so many things we are not allowed to see over here, like all the civilians that have been killed. Censorship is live and well and main stream media USA is complicit.
2006-12-10 05:36:09 · answer #1 · answered by Frank R 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Nononononono, (I had to laugh at the questions) as you well know the reason things are going bad in Iraq is because of this administration's idiocy and the whole invasion of Iraq was stupid, ill conceived and should not have taken place at all; not because the media are reporting what is actually happening over there.
We did not need to be in Iraq. The UN investigators told Bush there were no WMD there. He did his cowboy patriot act and though he would impress everyone with his machismo: "Mission accomplished". Have to tell you I got physically ill when I saw the president out playing Top-gun on a real aircraft carrier - and how much did that photo-op cost the US citizens?
Bush (the emperor) is duped by Rumsfeld and Rice (the tailors) concerning his new invisible suit: Bush the ostrich sticks everyone's head in the sand along with his and then we have no idea what is going on in Iraq and Afghanistan.
How then do we wait until some people have to step in and tell Bush his new invisible suit is a sham and he has no clothes on his body?
Bush would love us to be completely ignorant of his failures. Rice and Rumsfeld would lie their bottoms off in order not to show their totally inept statesmanship.
Just because you do not know about a problem does not mean the problem does not exist.
2006-12-10 05:15:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I love this question. The questioner has a marvelous sense of humor. I needed that today. But in all seriousness the reason things are going so poorly in Iraq is definitely NOT because of the media. The reason things are going so poorly is because of lack of planning by the Bush administration! Most of us have common sense. A lot of us depend more on what we see here on line than what we see on television. In other words we don't need O'Reilly, Hannity, Blitzer, BBC, CNN, or other news outlets.
We are failing in Iraq. It is as simple as that. Only a miracle will change that, along with the loss of lives of tens of millions of people, from all over the world.
And no, under no circumstances should ANY news from ANYwhere be censored. As I say, most of have common sense. We can use our brains to determine whether or not something is true or not. BUT
you see when issues start off with lies, anything following is usually a lie also...Thus, it is very important that news flows daily as it always has.....no matter the source here in the United States.....
we can figure it all out. WITHOUT censorship.
2006-12-10 05:01:17 · answer #3 · answered by rare2findd 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I don't think there should be ANY reporting out of an area where our troops are operating. Americans, especially libs, love living in a vacuum where reality can't penetrate. The military should be given it's mission and then left to accomplish it. We should only hear about it when it's over, like when most of the enemy is dead.
If you're relying on the media for the truth, then you are one f'ed up mother! Who cares about Lynch? Since when do you get a medal for being captured?
2006-12-10 05:13:37 · answer #4 · answered by gunrrobot 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's all the media's fault, everything. If it weren't for the news, the people of Iraq would be prancing around in the garden of Eden, with only fig leaves on, eating dates and drinking wine. That reality thing can be such a drag at times.
2006-12-10 06:31:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Askany soldier that has been to Iraq. Regardless of their political beliefs, they will all say it is nothing like you see in the media. I don't think censorship is the answer, but a little truth every now and then would be nice.
2006-12-10 05:02:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
like the popular public of politicians Democrats are self serving & in straightforward terms care approximately conserving workplace. With that stated I incredibly doubt a "stable progression" document to return out of Iraq in September, seek for point headed Repulicans to bounce deliver on the President after the Petraeus document.
2016-10-14 09:54:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Defiantly NOT! Then we wont get the whole story, but of course some/most of it should come from there because they are the ones in the war and they know what is going on. But again they might be bias. At the end of the day we wont get the whole truth on it.
2006-12-10 05:00:52 · answer #8 · answered by Princess P 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Cat is out of the bag.
They want to keep their lies a secret.
But
If we can't get it from CNN we will get it from CBC or BBC or Al Jezeera for that matter.
2006-12-10 05:13:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
yeah, if we got control of the media, they would stop showing the coffins being unloaded from the planes at ...
hmm.
2006-12-10 05:14:19 · answer #10 · answered by Jessica 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋