Media Mangles Iraq Vote
Are the turnout numbers routinely cited by the press – 8 million and 57% – supported by reality? And was the outpouring of voters in Sunni areas really "surprisingly strong"?
by Greg Mitchell, Editor & Publisher. Posted February 5, 2005.
Everyone, of course, is thrilled that so many Iraqis turned out to vote, in the face of threats and intimidation, on Sunday. But in hailing, and at times gushing, over the turnout, has the American media (as it did two years ago in the hyping of Saddam's WMDs) forgotten core journalistic principles in regard to fact-checking and weighing partisan assertions? ... Read the whole story at Alternet: http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/21180
copyright Virginia Metze
by Greg Mitchell, Editor & Publisher. Posted February 5, 2005.
Everyone, of course, is thrilled that so many Iraqis turned out to vote, in the face of threats and intimidation, on Sunday. But in hailing, and at times gushing, over the turnout, has the American media (as it did two years ago in the hyping of Saddam's WMDs) forgotten core journalistic principles in regard to fact-checking and weighing partisan assertions? ... Read the whole story at Alternet: http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/21180
copyright Virginia Metze
Starmail - 11. Feb, 18:35
