Tuesday, May 13, 2008
'All these men in black,' Part II
Better late than never -- a major U.S. media outlet finally confirms that the battle for Basra was a surprising success. ... Repeat: Hub Blog is not saying the media was conspiring to downplay the good news. The coverage delay, I suspect, was more a function of available resources. ... P.S. -- OK, yeah, I'll admit there was probably a little bias at work too. But I still say the media has done a better job accurately portraying what's happening in Iraq than the happy-talk fantasies pushed by right-wing media critics. ...
Better late than never -- a major U.S. media outlet finally confirms that the battle for Basra was a surprising success. ... Repeat: Hub Blog is not saying the media was conspiring to downplay the good news. The coverage delay, I suspect, was more a function of available resources. ... P.S. -- OK, yeah, I'll admit there was probably a little bias at work too. But I still say the media has done a better job accurately portraying what's happening in Iraq than the happy-talk fantasies pushed by right-wing media critics. ...
