From The Rock River Times - click here to read more...
[President Bush] urged the media recently in Cleveland to look for those stories that support his being “so optimistic about the prospects of success in Iraq.” He implied that the images the American public sees on television may interfere with his “plan for victory in Iraq.” Bush further hinted that the media is to blame for the fact that “some Americans have had their confidence shaken.” He said: “There is a constant sort of perception, if you will, that’s created because what’s newsworthy is the car bomb in Baghdad.”
The right-wing echo chamber picked up the cue and repeated the same lines about Bush “haters” and the “liberal media” (some of their favorite buzz words) all are out to get the president and only report the negative stories about Iraq to scuttle the “successes” being made there.
No doubt there are many instances of kindnesses done by our troops for unfortunate Iraqi civilians, but focusing exclusively on those would be a distortion and falsification of reality.
To speak of success in the Iraq debacle when U.S. troops hardly dare to venture out of the Green Zone in Baghdad is to live in fantasy land. The war seen on American television contrasts sharply with the grim and gory scenes presented on Arab television. Visitors here from other countries are astounded at how much the U.S. public is not told.
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