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Sure, who wouldn’t enjoy a good civil war every now and again?<\/p>\n
Then Fox News asks: Did the media make up<\/em> the civil war in Iraq?<\/p>\n Of course. And they also made up a bombed-out holy shrine followed by over 200 dead Iraqis.<\/p>\n News Corpse asks: Is it a good<\/em> thing that Fox News makes up<\/em> sensationalistic stories that exploit suffering and death to promote their own propaganda?<\/p>\n I don’t know. I’m just preparing to deploy for the War on Easter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This should lay to rest any doubts about the media’s power to manufacture a message. Fox News asks: Is all-out civil war in Iraq a good thing? Sure, who wouldn’t enjoy a good civil war every now and again? Then Fox News asks: Did the media make up the civil war in Iraq? Of course. 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