First article title:
"Pentagon criticizes key pre-Iraq war findings of top Rumsfeld aide"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070209/pl_...
Second article posted 22 minutes later entitled:
"Report says Pentagon manipulated intel"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070209/ap_o...
If you read the articles, you see both are basically about a pentagon inspector general who found suspect the activities of a so-called "top policy aid" to Donald Rumsfeld who contributed to intellegence of "dubious quality or reliability" which misled people about the alledged tie between AlQaeda and Iraq (found to be nonexistenant according to the 9/11 commission). However, one article is written in favor of the former policy aid's actions and the other much less favorable. (See details below.)
2007-02-09 02:45:44 · 9 answers · asked by What I Say 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
The original article less favorable toward the policy aid (Douglas Feith) even said this:
"The strongest evidence Feith's office produced linking Saddam and Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda was an alleged meeting in April 2001 in Prague between a senior Iraqi intelligence officer and Mohamed Atta, who led the deadly September 11 attacks months later. At the time the CIA had doubts about the meeting, and both the CIA and the FBI later concluded it never took place."
That paragraph was pulled from the second article. These are news articles Yahoo does not write, but they can edit at will. Don't be surprised if the above links are pulled by Yahoo.
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2007-02-09 02:46:07 · update #1
Without going into detail about the specific article, I would like to comment upon the manipulation of information.
The gravest mistake anyone could make is to blindly believe all they read, hear and see. I am not cynical...by a long shot. But I do know that the internet and the tv news is controlled by money. He who has the biggest wallet controls the information.
2007-02-09 03:43:33 · answer #1 · answered by Super Ruper 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Which headline grabs your attention more?
Fear sells and America is buying. Nevermind if you have to twist the truth or distort facts which mainstream media excels at. I took journalism and one thing i learned is news is just ads with stories wrapped around them. The better the headline the more hits the ads on that headline's page will get.
Look at your local paper notice the high profile ads are always by world or local news and the low end ads are in the lifestyles section or sports.
2007-02-09 02:57:34 · answer #2 · answered by sprydle 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The major media sources have a liberal bias. Even when they chose to report the whole story (a rarity) they skew their headlines knowing that the majority of people get their news from the headlines and first paragraph.
The media has a set agenda, the downfall of this Presidency. Despite all of the positive aspects of this administration they only advocate the negative.
Is it any coincidence that Libby is on trial for the same two charges Clinton was impeached for? But the mainstream media tells us daily that Libby is on trial for outing a CIA agent, which is patently false. The media has not reported that the FBI agent testitified to things not in her notes and Russert could not recall an interview after watching the videotape of it.
Besides, the mass media in the US is a business. They rely on advertising dollars and are chosing the demographic it is skewing it's reporting to favor. The media choses a demographic and builds it's audience. It's not about factual reporting, it's all about the money.
2007-02-09 02:50:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋
The same reason that New York Times, LA Times, Washington Post, al AP, al Rueters, CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, and hundreds of papers all over the country (your hometown newspaper) do. They all have to stay on message so that they can sell America to the global government.
2007-02-09 02:50:57 · answer #4 · answered by Curt 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
to get people to read it and make money. a capitalist venture that people label as liberal,while calling liberals socialists. strange how labels and stereotypes don't always match.
2007-02-09 02:58:18 · answer #5 · answered by J Q Public 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Check your source and your facts. AP. Yahoo does not write them or edit them.
2007-02-09 02:54:28 · answer #6 · answered by jl_jack09 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
most news articles are updated to update them (add new information as it happens), or to clarify information in them. also I think if they found inaccuracies or an editor found too much opinion/unsubstantiated facts involved.
2007-02-09 02:54:17 · answer #7 · answered by Brian S 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
For different views and opinions.
2007-02-09 02:58:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I heard Rush say it best the other day.........
"The news is fabricated. It is not what happened but it is what they want it to be."
2007-02-09 04:11:46 · answer #9 · answered by Tropical Weasel 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋