Comments on: Must read: Michael Yon meets an Iraqi stringer for the AP http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/09/must-read-michael-yon-meets-an-iraqi-stringer-for-the-ap/ The world’s first, full-service conservative Internet broadcast network Mon, 28 May 2012 04:59:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » AP blows the lid off the Al Qaeda massacre reported by Michael Yon; Update: AP adds Yon’s report to latest Iraq round-up; Update: Yon interviews insurgent leader — on video http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/09/must-read-michael-yon-meets-an-iraqi-stringer-for-the-ap/comment-page-1/#comment-548576 Hot Air » Blog Archive » AP blows the lid off the Al Qaeda massacre reported by Michael Yon; Update: AP adds Yon’s report to latest Iraq round-up; Update: Yon interviews insurgent leader — on video Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:40:36 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/09/must-read-michael-yon-meets-an-iraqi-stringer-for-the-ap/#comment-548576 [...] No report yet on the massacre from Robert Reid, either. Here’s his latest. Maybe they’re holding it back, fleshing it out into a 10,000-word bombshell that’s going to detonate just in time for the Sunday papers? [...] [...] No report yet on the massacre from Robert Reid, either. Here’s his latest. Maybe they’re holding it back, fleshing it out into a 10,000-word bombshell that’s going to detonate just in time for the Sunday papers? [...]

]]> By: TunaTalon http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/09/must-read-michael-yon-meets-an-iraqi-stringer-for-the-ap/comment-page-1/#comment-544979 TunaTalon Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:27:22 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/09/must-read-michael-yon-meets-an-iraqi-stringer-for-the-ap/#comment-544979 So the AP would not publish a Michael Yon story without a second source? Do they really believe that the AP label add credibility? If these two headlines were back to back, which one you most likely believe? Chicken crosses the road reported by Michael Yon. Chicken does not cross the road reported by the AP. So the AP would not publish a Michael Yon story without a second source? Do they really believe that the AP label add credibility?

If these two headlines were back to back, which one you most likely believe?

Chicken crosses the road reported by Michael Yon.

Chicken does not cross the road reported by the AP.

]]> By: oakpack http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/09/must-read-michael-yon-meets-an-iraqi-stringer-for-the-ap/comment-page-1/#comment-543771 oakpack Tue, 10 Jul 2007 02:29:43 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/09/must-read-michael-yon-meets-an-iraqi-stringer-for-the-ap/#comment-543771 Who's coat tail has to be tugged to get the Al Hamari murders noticed? This really is ridiculous. Who’s coat tail has to be tugged to get the Al Hamari murders noticed? This really is ridiculous.

]]> By: PowWow http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/09/must-read-michael-yon-meets-an-iraqi-stringer-for-the-ap/comment-page-1/#comment-543575 PowWow Tue, 10 Jul 2007 01:16:07 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/09/must-read-michael-yon-meets-an-iraqi-stringer-for-the-ap/#comment-543575 I can remember hearing a quote attributed to Will Rogers. He was before my time. But still rings true "Don't believe everything you read in the papers." But how many people only get their news from any of the MSM news outlets, and sadly assume it has to be true, or else they wouldn't print it? I can remember hearing a quote attributed to Will Rogers. He was before my time. But still rings true “Don’t believe everything you read in the papers.”
But how many people only get their news from any of the MSM news outlets, and sadly assume it has to be true, or else they wouldn’t print it?

]]> By: andycanuck http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/09/must-read-michael-yon-meets-an-iraqi-stringer-for-the-ap/comment-page-1/#comment-543174 andycanuck Mon, 09 Jul 2007 23:17:17 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/09/must-read-michael-yon-meets-an-iraqi-stringer-for-the-ap/#comment-543174 <blockquote>AP, could you photoshop an image showing a Micky Mouse stuffed toy laying on a bloody hospital gurney?</blockquote> Farfour was martyred in Iraq?

AP, could you photoshop an image showing a Micky Mouse stuffed toy laying on a bloody hospital gurney?

Farfour was martyred in Iraq?

]]> By: auzerais http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/09/must-read-michael-yon-meets-an-iraqi-stringer-for-the-ap/comment-page-1/#comment-543164 auzerais Mon, 09 Jul 2007 23:14:12 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/09/must-read-michael-yon-meets-an-iraqi-stringer-for-the-ap/#comment-543164 Reuters, AP and other so-called "journalists" must keep the fate of Danny Pearl embedded in their minds. This might help to explain just why they are so loath to put any terrorist in a bad light. They have become "good dhimmis". Reuters, AP and other so-called “journalists” must keep the fate of Danny Pearl embedded in their minds. This might help to explain just why they are so loath to put any terrorist in a bad light. They have become “good dhimmis”.

]]> By: CrazyFool http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/09/must-read-michael-yon-meets-an-iraqi-stringer-for-the-ap/comment-page-1/#comment-543072 CrazyFool Mon, 09 Jul 2007 22:34:58 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/09/must-read-michael-yon-meets-an-iraqi-stringer-for-the-ap/#comment-543072 <blockquote>My greatest curiosity is, Why? Why does the AP, Reuters, and all the other major newswires refuse to dispense with the propoganda and just report the news as accurately and unbiased as they can? What do they have to gain by being the 24/7/365 propoganda machine churning out their lies and anti-reality? Who are they working for? Who are they working against? SilverStar830 on July 9, 2007 at 3:43 PM</blockquote> The way I hear it these international news divisions have two type of 'clients'. The west and Arab press. The later will only pay for a certain <em>slant</em> of news - news which show Islam and Muslims in a 'good' light and the west and infidels in a 'bad' light. The 'west' consumer doesn't really care about 'content' just 'newsworthyness' (if it bleeds it leads). If AP and Reuters and the like can cut a few corners by selling only one 'version' of news to both... well they will get a better profit margin. And arab news won't buy certain stories. That is why you will never see AP or Reuters associate terrorism with Islam and why they will remain focused - to the exclusion of all else - on some one night incident where some malcontents placed panties on a few prisoners heads (bad image of the west) and then totally ignore news about AQ slaughtering innocents in a village, beheading children and boobytrapping their dead bodies (bad image of Islam and the holy islamic warriors) - which the arab press would never buy and might even protest / kill people over).

My greatest curiosity is, Why? Why does the AP, Reuters, and all the other major newswires refuse to dispense with the propoganda and just report the news as accurately and unbiased as they can? What do they have to gain by being the 24/7/365 propoganda machine churning out their lies and anti-reality? Who are they working for? Who are they working against?

SilverStar830 on July 9, 2007 at 3:43 PM

The way I hear it these international news divisions have two type of ‘clients’. The west and Arab press. The later will only pay for a certain slant of news – news which show Islam and Muslims in a ‘good’ light and the west and infidels in a ‘bad’ light. The ‘west’ consumer doesn’t really care about ‘content’ just ‘newsworthyness’ (if it bleeds it leads).

If AP and Reuters and the like can cut a few corners by selling only one ‘version’ of news to both… well they will get a better profit margin. And arab news won’t buy certain stories.

That is why you will never see AP or Reuters associate terrorism with Islam and why they will remain focused – to the exclusion of all else – on some one night incident where some malcontents placed panties on a few prisoners heads (bad image of the west) and then totally ignore news about AQ slaughtering innocents in a village, beheading children and boobytrapping their dead bodies (bad image of Islam and the holy islamic warriors) – which the arab press would never buy and might even protest / kill people over).

]]> By: WoosterOh http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/09/must-read-michael-yon-meets-an-iraqi-stringer-for-the-ap/comment-page-1/#comment-543061 WoosterOh Mon, 09 Jul 2007 22:28:03 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/09/must-read-michael-yon-meets-an-iraqi-stringer-for-the-ap/#comment-543061 What I dont get, is who needs the second chance? Is Yon asking for a second chance? Is he asking for a second chance for Wallach? Has Lt Johnson passed on a second chance to Yon? Did Lt Johnson give a second chance to the Iraqi officials? Was Abdul Jabar given a second chance, as if he was involved in the killings or did he not stop them? Is he AQI? Yon is saying something, but I just cant put a grasp on it. What I dont get, is who needs the second chance? Is Yon asking for a second chance? Is he asking for a second chance for Wallach?

Has Lt Johnson passed on a second chance to Yon?

Did Lt Johnson give a second chance to the Iraqi officials?

Was Abdul Jabar given a second chance, as if he was involved in the killings or did he not stop them? Is he AQI?

Yon is saying something, but I just cant put a grasp on it.

]]> By: locomotivebreath1901 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/09/must-read-michael-yon-meets-an-iraqi-stringer-for-the-ap/comment-page-1/#comment-543010 locomotivebreath1901 Mon, 09 Jul 2007 21:48:59 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/09/must-read-michael-yon-meets-an-iraqi-stringer-for-the-ap/#comment-543010 Dang. <strong>That</strong> explains Webster's latest dictionary. Associated (with terrorists) Press is spelled "cluster fvck". Dang. That explains Webster’s latest dictionary.

Associated (with terrorists) Press is spelled “cluster fvck”.

]]> By: georgej http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/09/must-read-michael-yon-meets-an-iraqi-stringer-for-the-ap/comment-page-1/#comment-542993 georgej Mon, 09 Jul 2007 21:34:42 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/09/must-read-michael-yon-meets-an-iraqi-stringer-for-the-ap/#comment-542993 I started doubting the media when I discovered that Walter Cronkite lied about the Tet offensive. Successive discoveries of slanted stories, wishful fiction being portrayed as factual, and the outright open liberal bias of the media have convinced me (and ought to have convinced everybody else) that <strong>the media lies and cannot -- EVER -- be trusted to tell the truth.</strong> The best reporting on Iraq comes NOT from the hotel bar in the Green Zone in Baghdad, but from the imbeds with the troops. Until their editors either spike the stories or rewrite them to fit the media's agenda, that is. I started doubting the media when I discovered that Walter Cronkite lied about the Tet offensive. Successive discoveries of slanted stories, wishful fiction being portrayed as factual, and the outright open liberal bias of the media have convinced me (and ought to have convinced everybody else) that the media lies and cannot — EVER — be trusted to tell the truth.
The best reporting on Iraq comes NOT from the hotel bar in the Green Zone in Baghdad, but from the imbeds with the troops. Until their editors either spike the stories or rewrite them to fit the media’s agenda, that is.

]]> By: infidel4life http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/09/must-read-michael-yon-meets-an-iraqi-stringer-for-the-ap/comment-page-1/#comment-542951 infidel4life Mon, 09 Jul 2007 21:13:32 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/09/must-read-michael-yon-meets-an-iraqi-stringer-for-the-ap/#comment-542951 <blockquote>God, no wonder nobody knows what the hell is going on over there. Bad Candy on July 9, 2007 at 3:37 PM</blockquote> Our soldiers do, but they only get coverage if they rape someone or get screwed by the V.A.

God, no wonder nobody knows what the hell is going on over there.

Bad Candy on July 9, 2007 at 3:37 PM

Our soldiers do, but they only get coverage if they rape someone or get screwed by the V.A.

]]> By: stonemeister http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/09/must-read-michael-yon-meets-an-iraqi-stringer-for-the-ap/comment-page-1/#comment-542938 stonemeister Mon, 09 Jul 2007 21:10:03 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/09/must-read-michael-yon-meets-an-iraqi-stringer-for-the-ap/#comment-542938 <blockquote>...Who are they working for? ... SilverStar830 on July 9, 2007 at 3:43 PM</blockquote> Who are they working for? Themselves, of course. Why be a mere messenger of news facts, when you can be the official propagandist for a socialist regime? The major media's agenda is clear: they are actively promoting a socialist takeover of the west, partly because of their ideology, but also to elevate their status. Don't forget how vital propaganda is to the socialist state, whether Nazi, Stalinist, Maoist, etc.

…Who are they working for? …

SilverStar830 on July 9, 2007 at 3:43 PM

Who are they working for? Themselves, of course. Why be a mere messenger of news facts, when you can be the official propagandist for a socialist regime? The major media’s agenda is clear: they are actively promoting a socialist takeover of the west, partly because of their ideology, but also to elevate their status.

Don’t forget how vital propaganda is to the socialist state, whether Nazi, Stalinist, Maoist, etc.

]]> By: Christoph http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/09/must-read-michael-yon-meets-an-iraqi-stringer-for-the-ap/comment-page-1/#comment-542936 Christoph Mon, 09 Jul 2007 21:09:30 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/09/must-read-michael-yon-meets-an-iraqi-stringer-for-the-ap/#comment-542936 <strong><em><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,288704,00.html" rel="nofollow">Gotta</a></em> read this article written by Michael Yon and on the front page of foxnews.com.</strong> It's about General Petraeus, although then he was Col. Petraeus. It's almost an unbelievable story in today's day and age. Gotta read this article written by Michael Yon and on the front page of foxnews.com.

It’s about General Petraeus, although then he was Col. Petraeus.

It’s almost an unbelievable story in today’s day and age.

]]> By: Lawrence http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/09/must-read-michael-yon-meets-an-iraqi-stringer-for-the-ap/comment-page-1/#comment-542904 Lawrence Mon, 09 Jul 2007 20:56:46 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/09/must-read-michael-yon-meets-an-iraqi-stringer-for-the-ap/#comment-542904 Ya Know... This "Stringer" is just selling what his customers are buying. A little capitalism at work in Iraq. My point is the problem is not with this stringer, but the Dupes at AP who buy his <strike>c**p</strike> junk. Ya Know…

This “Stringer” is just selling what his customers are buying. A little capitalism at work in Iraq.

My point is the problem is not with this stringer, but the Dupes at AP who buy his c**p junk.

]]> By: TheSitRep http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/09/must-read-michael-yon-meets-an-iraqi-stringer-for-the-ap/comment-page-1/#comment-542879 TheSitRep Mon, 09 Jul 2007 20:45:40 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/09/must-read-michael-yon-meets-an-iraqi-stringer-for-the-ap/#comment-542879 I am beginning to not trust these so called Muslims. Is it me? I’m just connecting the dots here. I am beginning to not trust these so called Muslims.
Is it me? I’m just connecting the dots here.

]]> By: MCPO Airdale http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/09/must-read-michael-yon-meets-an-iraqi-stringer-for-the-ap/comment-page-1/#comment-542860 MCPO Airdale Mon, 09 Jul 2007 20:36:39 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/09/must-read-michael-yon-meets-an-iraqi-stringer-for-the-ap/#comment-542860 As with the Democrats, the MSM is more interested in the Republicans suffering defeat than with American victory in a war. Loathsome. The lot of them. As with the Democrats, the MSM is more interested in the Republicans suffering defeat than with American victory in a war. Loathsome. The lot of them.

]]> By: AdrianG http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/09/must-read-michael-yon-meets-an-iraqi-stringer-for-the-ap/comment-page-1/#comment-542827 AdrianG Mon, 09 Jul 2007 20:26:09 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/09/must-read-michael-yon-meets-an-iraqi-stringer-for-the-ap/#comment-542827 all the so-called reporters in america these days, all the journalism schools, and yet, by my count at least, two of the only three great reporters in the world (Yon and Totten, with Burns being the third) are bloggers! all the so-called reporters in america these days, all the journalism schools, and yet, by my count at least, two of the only three great reporters in the world (Yon and Totten, with Burns being the third) are bloggers!

]]> By: Ed Driscoll.com http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/09/must-read-michael-yon-meets-an-iraqi-stringer-for-the-ap/comment-page-1/#comment-542818 Ed Driscoll.com Mon, 09 Jul 2007 20:21:26 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/09/must-read-michael-yon-meets-an-iraqi-stringer-for-the-ap/#comment-542818 <strong>Television: Teacher, Mother, Secret Lover!...</strong> Life imitates TV; once again, everything old is new again! Frank Burns of M*A*S*H: "Individuality is fine--as long as we all do it together." Sgt. Schulz of Hogan's Heroes: "I know nothing, nuuuuthingggg!" And for some eighties TV flashbacks, it'... Television: Teacher, Mother, Secret Lover!…

Life imitates TV; once again, everything old is new again! Frank Burns of M*A*S*H: “Individuality is fine–as long as we all do it together.” Sgt. Schulz of Hogan’s Heroes: “I know nothing, nuuuuthingggg!” And for some eighties TV flashbacks, it’…

]]> By: Spirit of 1776 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/09/must-read-michael-yon-meets-an-iraqi-stringer-for-the-ap/comment-page-1/#comment-542771 Spirit of 1776 Mon, 09 Jul 2007 20:01:15 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/09/must-read-michael-yon-meets-an-iraqi-stringer-for-the-ap/#comment-542771 More impressive work from Mr. Yon. More impressive work from Mr. Yon.

]]> By: jediwebdude http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/09/must-read-michael-yon-meets-an-iraqi-stringer-for-the-ap/comment-page-1/#comment-542730 jediwebdude Mon, 09 Jul 2007 19:46:11 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/09/must-read-michael-yon-meets-an-iraqi-stringer-for-the-ap/#comment-542730 Can our hero, Michelle M., get Fox News' attention on this matter? Can our hero, Michelle M., get Fox News’ attention on this matter?

]]> By: SilverStar830 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/09/must-read-michael-yon-meets-an-iraqi-stringer-for-the-ap/comment-page-1/#comment-542723 SilverStar830 Mon, 09 Jul 2007 19:43:48 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/09/must-read-michael-yon-meets-an-iraqi-stringer-for-the-ap/#comment-542723 This is more proof in the pudding... The AP, Reuters, whomever you want to name, they're all the same. They're all locked together in goose-step as they peddle and disseminate their propogandist slight-of-hand accounts of reality. My greatest curiosity is, Why? Why does the AP, Reuters, and all the other major newswires refuse to dispense with the propoganda and just report the news as accurately and unbiased as they can? What do they have to gain by being the 24/7/365 propoganda machine churning out their lies and anti-reality? Who are they working for? Who are they working against? I just don't get it, and I just don't trust any damn thing any news service has to say regarding the most pressing issues of our time. That frustrates me, because I like to be informed and stay informed... of the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth! The little news weasels at the AP and Reuters and most all the other wires truly disgust me. This is more proof in the pudding… The AP, Reuters, whomever you want to name, they’re all the same. They’re all locked together in goose-step as they peddle and disseminate their propogandist slight-of-hand accounts of reality.

My greatest curiosity is, Why? Why does the AP, Reuters, and all the other major newswires refuse to dispense with the propoganda and just report the news as accurately and unbiased as they can? What do they have to gain by being the 24/7/365 propoganda machine churning out their lies and anti-reality? Who are they working for? Who are they working against?

I just don’t get it, and I just don’t trust any damn thing any news service has to say regarding the most pressing issues of our time. That frustrates me, because I like to be informed and stay informed… of the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth!

The little news weasels at the AP and Reuters and most all the other wires truly disgust me.

]]> By: natesnake http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/09/must-read-michael-yon-meets-an-iraqi-stringer-for-the-ap/comment-page-1/#comment-542715 natesnake Mon, 09 Jul 2007 19:41:09 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/09/must-read-michael-yon-meets-an-iraqi-stringer-for-the-ap/#comment-542715 AP, could you photoshop an image showing a Micky Mouse stuffed toy laying on a bloody hospital gurney? That would really set the tone for this post. AP, could you photoshop an image showing a Micky Mouse stuffed toy laying on a bloody hospital gurney?

That would really set the tone for this post.

]]> By: bnelson44 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/09/must-read-michael-yon-meets-an-iraqi-stringer-for-the-ap/comment-page-1/#comment-542713 bnelson44 Mon, 09 Jul 2007 19:39:43 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/09/must-read-michael-yon-meets-an-iraqi-stringer-for-the-ap/#comment-542713 The whole dispatch is a must read! The whole dispatch is a must read!

]]> By: natesnake http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/09/must-read-michael-yon-meets-an-iraqi-stringer-for-the-ap/comment-page-1/#comment-542704 natesnake Mon, 09 Jul 2007 19:37:48 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/09/must-read-michael-yon-meets-an-iraqi-stringer-for-the-ap/#comment-542704 I'm starting to understand the, "I read it in the news so it must be true," phenomonon of mis-information. Sure, a person will neglect a few factual items from time to time, but if this is the level of "reporting" we are getting from the war zone, then we are all screwed. I’m starting to understand the, “I read it in the news so it must be true,” phenomonon of mis-information.

Sure, a person will neglect a few factual items from time to time, but if this is the level of “reporting” we are getting from the war zone, then we are all screwed.

]]> By: Bad Candy http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/09/must-read-michael-yon-meets-an-iraqi-stringer-for-the-ap/comment-page-1/#comment-542702 Bad Candy Mon, 09 Jul 2007 19:37:33 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/09/must-read-michael-yon-meets-an-iraqi-stringer-for-the-ap/#comment-542702 And these are the people the AP and other big media souces rely on for news? God, no wonder nobody knows what the hell is going on over there. And these are the people the AP and other big media souces rely on for news? God, no wonder nobody knows what the hell is going on over there.

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