Lazy, Stupid or Willfully Ignorant?

Forward Movement by Jules Crittenden | Jul. 12, 2007 (News Report)

Right now, all the talk in DC is whether there has been any progress in Iraq. No one can wait till September. They need to know now. Primarily, it appears, because they need to kill the war for their own domestic political reasons before it kills them. Most people, of course, already have the answer they want.

But how come, if this is the pressing issue of the day, we've seen no serious effort whatsoever among our leading news organizations to ... Full Story »

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by Jack Dinkmeyer - Oct. 1, 2008

Perhaps the reason media coverage of the war is absurd is because Iraq is an absurd war. After years of conflict we still don't know the reasons America rushed to invade a second-rate country ruled by a third-rate dictator--once our valued ally. By failing to secure the country, we provided fertile ground for the resurgence of terrorism. As for the media, they are owned by no more than eight to nine corporations--GE, Viacom, Time-Warner, etc. What's refreshing is that their reporting is becoming more candid. That hasn't always been the case under this administration.