{"id":298,"date":"2006-12-14T12:35:55","date_gmt":"2006-12-14T19:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=298"},"modified":"2006-12-14T18:45:19","modified_gmt":"2006-12-15T01:45:19","slug":"war-supporters-get-upgraded-by-the-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=298","title":{"rendered":"War Supporters Get Upgraded By The Media"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nevermind the fact that the Bush administration is notching its lowest ratings ever<\/a> in recent polling, or that the war they promote is likewise at the nadir of its popularity, the media still seems to find ways to prop it up.<\/p>\n

A report from the Associated Press<\/a> is headlined:
\nUnpopular Iraq war still has supporters<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

“GOD-BLESS-OUR-TROOPS” is spelled out in four big signs along a wooded stretch of highway in rural southern Oklahoma.<\/span><\/p>\n

The AP had to travel to “a wooded stretch of highway”<\/em> to find this example of support, that also perpetuates the hackneyed falsehood that war dissenters don’t support the troops.<\/p>\n

Last week the conservative media scored when Rumsfeld took a victory<\/s> defeat lap around Iraq in his last few days as Secretary of Defense. The media entourage<\/a> was something less than fair and balanced:<\/p>\n

Rumsfeld took only outspoken conservative talk show host Sean Hannity and his Fox News television crew.<\/span><\/p>\n

Today we saw the First Lady interviewed by Norah O’Donnell. Her support for the war is bolstered by her view that the press is getting it all wrong:<\/p>\n

“I do know that there are a lot of good things that are happening that aren’t covered. And I think that the drum beat in the country from the media, from the only way people know what is happening unless they happened to have a loved one deployed there, is discouraging.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Did I read that right? Is she saying that families that do<\/strong> have loved ones deployed are not<\/strong> discouraged? And as for all of the good things that aren’t being covered, she should refer to the report by her husband’s own Iraq Study Group that concluded that:<\/p>\n

“…there is significant underreporting<\/strong> of the violence in Iraq.”<\/span><\/p>\n

This surprising burst of optimism is brought to you by America’s Big Media. Why they are leaping to the defense of BushCo’s debacle at this time is unfathomable. Either they really need some regulatory favor to be granted or they are just plain idiots. Or, of course, both.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nevermind the fact that the Bush administration is notching its lowest ratings ever in recent polling, or that the war they promote is likewise at the nadir of its popularity, the media still seems to find ways to prop it up. 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