Explain the relevance of this to me?

Question

In this article,
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070715/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

Titled Aide: Iraqi PM's comments misconstrued
The first paragraph is basically just saying what the headline says,

the next TWO have nothing to do with the headline but talk about car bombs and insurgent tortured bodies and one of our soldiers dying (May he rest in peace).

Then the story just picks back up where it left off.

Is this a form of brainwashing, spinning, decietfulness? Don't get me wrong, the public has a right to know these things, but what does that have to do with this story?

I think that they put this stuff in all articles because we wouldn't read a story JUST about car bombs. So they feed it to us like a pill you hide in mashed patatoes from your child.

What do you think?

Answer 1

The article is rather disjointed. All I can say is that the author was smoking something other than tobacco.

Answer 2

I think you are reading too much into it. A lot of these stories are added to and updated. They usually talk about different AP or whatever reports that came out or Iraq. I think people should be exposed to everything, both good and bad. As far as hearing about the tortured bodies, I don't think enough people stop and try to imagine what actually occurred. This is nearly a daily occurrence with many bodies. It is the reality. Imagine people drilling into other peoples bodies with drill bits.

Answer 3

It was nothing more than a carefully crafted deceitful headline. They know that most people only read headlines and look at the pictures. They do this all of the time. See a 29% who read the original story on Friday might actually have little doubt creep into their dense little mind, and this headline will ease the workbots mind. So when he hears his master explain it to him on monday's am radio broadcast it will make sense.........

Answer 4

Many news stories cut-and-paste text from other news stories, as way of making sure the news gets out.

In this case, the text insert was to provide context, and show that things are still bad over there and thus it's unlikely the PM actually meant what he very clearly said.

Answer 5

Yeah I read that article earlier and sort of shook my head and moved on. That would be likened to every time you spoke about the St Luis Cardinals you talked about how St Louis was the #1 murder capital of the US.

Answer 6

Why can't the press ever print anything positive on wht we have done in Irag and stop for a week with the bad? Ratings. They need to make things as bad as possible to keep people interest. I have gotten to the point where I refuse to keep reading these stories.