The War Party's war on the media
05/04/05
We know what role the U.S. government is already playing: they are arresting journalists, treating them as if they were 'insurgents.' Dorrance whines that we are losing 'badly' the 'war for hearts and minds' because Iraqis are watching all this. But so what if they're watching? One might think the wide dissemination of evidence of the insurgents' savagery would likely dispel support for their cause. It seems passing strange that Bremer's main media adviser doesn't get this, but then again the Americans don't seem to get a lot of what's going down in Iraq. No wonder we're losing the battle for hearts and minds. That a former newsman is now openly calling for censorship -- not only of al-Jazeera but also of U.S. news-gathering operations -- is the sort of outrage that passes unnoticed these days, along with so much other dangerous nonsense...
http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=5824
from AntiWar.Com, by Justin Raimondo
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
We know what role the U.S. government is already playing: they are arresting journalists, treating them as if they were 'insurgents.' Dorrance whines that we are losing 'badly' the 'war for hearts and minds' because Iraqis are watching all this. But so what if they're watching? One might think the wide dissemination of evidence of the insurgents' savagery would likely dispel support for their cause. It seems passing strange that Bremer's main media adviser doesn't get this, but then again the Americans don't seem to get a lot of what's going down in Iraq. No wonder we're losing the battle for hearts and minds. That a former newsman is now openly calling for censorship -- not only of al-Jazeera but also of U.S. news-gathering operations -- is the sort of outrage that passes unnoticed these days, along with so much other dangerous nonsense...
http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=5824
from AntiWar.Com, by Justin Raimondo
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Starmail - 4. Mai, 19:16
