When Does a Massacre Matter?

Confederate Yankee | Jul. 5, 2007 (Opinion)

The Associated Press--and to a lesser extent, Reuters, and a small independent Iraqi news agency--ran stories claiming that 20 decapitated bodies had been found on or near the banks of the Tigris River in Um al-Abeed, a village near Salman Pak, southeast of Baghdad, with sectarian violence strongly implicated.

There were no named sources from this story from any media outlet, and the two anonymous Iraq police officers cited in the widely-carried ... Full Story »

Posted by Kaizar Campwala

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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 1, 2008

Getting accurate stories from indiginous stringers because americanesque reporters would be slaughtered presents the high possibility of fake news. A qualifier upon news reports might be good. The writer implies intentional guilt, which may be pushing the envelope. Where does he get his better information? Anywhere outside the green zone and inside Iraq?

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