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June 26, 2006
On The MSM's Spinning Of Haditha
Topics: Iraq(via Dr. Sanity) Thomas Smith, Jr. at Townhall.com:
So I receive a phone call from a reporter at ABC News. They are working on a story about Haditha, and the reporter's comments to me go something along the lines of; "I am particularly interested in your recent pieces on Haditha in which you say that in order to understand what happened, we must first understand the men involved, the dynamics of the system in which they operate, and the realities of ground combat."The reporter's referencing of my own comments are somewhat paraphrased, but his following questions are clearly etched in my mind verbatim:
"Don't you think the killings at Haditha [November 19, 2005] are the result of a wrong war and a failed policy?" he asks. "Much like the tragedy of My Lai [the killings of unarmed civilians by U.S. soldiers in the village of My Lai, Vietnam in 1968] was the result of a wrong war and a failed policy?"
I was taken aback for about as long as it takes to silently mouth the words, "This is going to be too easy." After all, it's one thing to read and listen to politicized versions of news stories spun by the various national news organizations. But to actually experience the machine as it begins to process what they plan to feed the masses is quite another. It wasn't a first for me, nor will it be the last I'm sure. But I was temporarily surprised by the reporter's lack of perspective, his obvious agenda, and his attempt to put words in my mouth.
... People - like the reporter who phoned me, Mr. Murtha, and others - will believe what they want to believe (with "want" being the optimum word here) then they will go to great lengths to attempt to justify those beliefs, even when the verdict is still out and some evidence begins to suggest otherwise. And when politics are at stake, people will sell their very souls to justify what they want to be true.Read the rest of the article...... It becomes dangerous when those people have the power to influence the thinking of millions.
So much for striving toward a modicum of detachment from one's own personal biases in reporting the news. There's not the slightest hint of trying to maintain any measure of objectivity, a characteristic that the American public has come to expect from the mainstream media. Journalists in the MSM care more about their own personal and political biases, than the truth.
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Townhall article also covered at Flopping Aces.
Hat tip - Freedom's Zone aggregator
Posted by Richard at June 26, 2006 7:08 PM
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