[Cerek the Barbaric]

Originally posted by Skunk: Well that's the problem. Your TV only has one channel: Propaganda USA with reporters wearing the US flag spilling the words of Rupert Murdoch. One side of the story - half of the picture: the bright side of the picture. When in reality, the list of figures condeming the act was like a who's who of who is important in the middle east - while the general street feeling in the middle east is one of shock and dismay at the act: but then THAT doesn't sell Rupert Murdoch's message and so it is left out of your TV screen, huh?

You have GOT to be kidding me. If you truly believe this, Skunk, then you haven't been keeping up with the facts.

Most of the major national news programs have been reporting (almost from Day One) how much the Iraqi's hate us for being over there..yet I hear other sources from within the military on the radio who say the complete opposite is true. Most Iraqi's are very happy to be freed from Saddam Hussein and are appreciative of the relief efforts the military is undertaking to help them. These reports come from the soldiers themselves (who you rarely see interviewed on the National News channels) or from sources that have talked to the soldiers. And these are the Grunts that are facing sniper fire and terrorist threats everyday, not the generals that are safely secured in a Command Center.

As for Propoganda USA, ABC (the American Broadcasting Channel) was the FIRST network to issue an internal memo stating that their news personnel should STOP wearing American Flag pins on thier outfits shortly after 9/11, because it might offend some of the Muslim audience. EXCUSE ME??? The American Broadcasting Channel doesn't want their employees to wear American flag pins because it might offend a minority of their audience???

THAT is the kind of "Propoganda TV" we have here in America. And it is the main reason channels like Fox have gone so far over-the-top in the other direction! Granted, Faux News is most definitely "Propoganda TV", but they are the ONLY channel that actually fits that description.

Most of the MAJOR networks focus on (and perhaps even exaggerate) the "bad news" from Iraq and most assuredly NEVER show any "good news".