This is just unbelievable. We always suspected the MSM was severely biased, but now it appears they have been, for months, relying on a police Capta……

“Do not fear the enemy, for your enemy can only take your life. It is far better that you fear the media for they will steal your honor.” – Bobby McBride, Crew Chief, 128th Assault Helicopter Company, RVN 1969-1970

Both sides are wrong as far as the “truth” is concerned. But it does not end there. The military is not in the truth business. It is in the business of exporting violence to achieve our foreign policy objectives. If that involves psych-ops or, god-forbid, propaganda, that falls within the realm of that “war” thing. (Of course, credibility is important in psych-ops and propaganda. So, you have to avoid getting caught in a fib.) The long and the short is this, when the military lies to the press, or tells them a half-truth, they are just doing their job. The press, on the other hand, is in the truth business. When the press and the military go back and forth like Sunni and Shia, the truth gets lost in some metaphysical quagmire, and that hurts the press’ credibility and the press’ drumbeat of falsehoods and propaganda hurts the war effort. Both loose.

Putting in long words or repeating words that stretch longer than one standard pape length will cause the format of the page to stretch to hold it.

Which is probably not what is intended, as it tends to make the formating look bad.

Jamil Hussein — Jamil Gholaiem Hussein

Is it possible that this name is a pseudoname, like Jack Dunphy?

Here is what I mean

The Iraqi Defense Ministry later said that al-Hashimi, the Sunni elder in Hurriyah, had recanted his account of the attack after being visited by a representative of the defense minister.

The dispute comes at a time when the military is taking a more active role in dealing with the media.

The AP reported on Sept. 26 that a Washington-based firm, the Lincoln Group, had won a two-year contract to monitor reporting on the Iraq conflict in English-language and Arabic media outlets.

That contract succeeded one held by another Washington firm, The Rendon Group. Controversy had arisen around the Lincoln Group in 2005 when it was disclosed that it was part of a U.S. military operation to pay Iraqi newspapers to run positive stories about U.S. military activities.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061128/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_revenge_attacks

In essence they are arguing that this consulting firm is pushing an agenda and has “questionable” practices

Oh who the hell am I kidding they would just fauxtog the hell out of it anyway.

My above quote is from the USA Today link posted by Allah. It may not be from an AP article like I said in my first post.

Interesting, no?

And AP wonders why we are just a bit skeptical?

The witnesses refused to allow the use of their names because they feared retribution either from the original attackers or the police, whose ranks are infiltrated by Mahdi Army members or its associated death squads.

Above is from the AP article.

So the AP writes a new story saying, “Centcom is ludicrous” without any possible verification?

Way to cite your sources AP when your integrity is in question.

I have some self-irrigating farmland for all who believe the AP reports verified facts.