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Monday, August 16, 2004

I take two things from this story.

1. The Iraqi government is getting pretty tired of the relentless torrent of lies and half-truths issuing from most of the reporters in Iraq.

2. The Iraqi government doesn't want reporters around when it hands al Sadr his pass to his 70 virgins and the eternal celestial dirt nap.

Expect an assault on the Imam Ali mosque any time now.

More thoughts: Bottom line: the press is no longer a neutral observer and reporter. Press people have a bias and an agenda. Increasingly, journalists screaming about free speech rights are seen as propagandists demanding the right to spread the big lie. Their credibility is right down there with used car salesmen and politicians.

The U.S. press has thrown in with Kerry. As Evan Thomas said, they're going to make Kerry and Edwards look as good as possible. Hence, no reports about the Swift Boat veterans, most of whom consider Kerry unfit for any sort of command. In Iraq, by comparison, the press is working hard to make things look as bad as possible in order to drag down Bush.

Ultimately Americans may lose their right of free speech. Once the press has reduced itself to cheering section for the Democratic party, well, it's really nothing more than another advertising agency. At that point, I guess the FTC gets to regulate our free speech.


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