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"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." --C.S. Lewis

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:: Thursday, August 26, 2004 ::

Media From Hell

Omar has some thoughts on the twisted media coverage of the situation in Iraq:

"You sit in a restaurant like this one and see families relaxing with their children playing and having fun late at night and you feel that there's 'something' wrong in the way MSM is dealing with the Iraqi issue. I watch TV and I see hell breaking around me then I go outside and see enough normalcy AND progress to make me believe that the people in the media are not here to report how's life going but rather they are here reporting pre-prepared stories and to be faced with something that contradicts the picture they have in their minds would be really annoying and will mean more hard work to try to find the truth or something close to it.

So let me see, I'm a reporter in Iraq and I'm here to tell stories that sell from a land that has been invaded, as everyone is saying it was invaded and not liberated. God, that must be awful! Ok so I need destruction, death, fear, clashes in the streets, angry mob...etc. Where do families having dinner in a place they couldn't afford before the war, or a father buying a new car for his son which he also couldn't afford before, or a man renewing his house which was falling apart, or free speech and flourishing business, where does all this fit in such a frame?! It doesn't! Besides, where's the action in such boring stories!? Moreover, there are pictures of death and destruction and they only need some 'further clarification', and that's easier than making a whole new story. So why bother! I already have frames for good stories and I've worked hard in that and it would be a shame to waste all that effort and start all over again. So let's get the story we worked on and get the hell out of here.

The media is entirely out of control. Anymore, I spend almost zero time with main-stream punditry; it's far more informative to access primary sources such as Iraq the Model. I've got to think the networks and cable news outlets have got to be taking major ratings hits--they're no longer reliable.

:: Max 9:20 PM [+] ::
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