Making Iraq Disappear

The Million Year War - How Never to Withdraw from Iraq

When it comes to those who make the media decisions at home, however, they have practically clamored for the Bush administration to put them in a coffin-like box and saw it in half. Thanks to their news choices, Iraq has for months been whisked deep inside most papers and into the softest sections of network and cable news programs. Only one Iraq subject has gotten significant front-page attention: How much "success" has the President's surge strategy had? Full Story »

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Bruce Sims
4.9
by Bruce Sims - Oct. 1, 2008

Excellent journalism as it provides what the mainstream media is unwilling to and is well written as well as sourced. Another example the author could have provided is "One of three sewage treatment plants is out of commission, one is working at stuttering capacity while a pipe blockage in the third means sewage is forming a foul lake so large it can be seen "as a big black spot on Google Earth," said Tahseen Sheikhly, civilian spokesman for the Baghdad security plan."

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