Comments on: Video: Increasing casualties = news, decreasing casualties = not news

By: Bottom Line Up Front

Bottom Line Up Front — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 22:28:27 +0000

CNN wins Most Negative Reporting of Good News in…

The most important indicators with the decrease in fatalities are 1) the dramatic decline in Iraqi civilian deaths, which indicates increased security and quality of life and 2) the steady decline in U.S. troops since the implementation of the surge …..

By: U.S. Military Deaths In Iraq Lowest In 14 Months

U.S. Military Deaths In Iraq Lowest In 14 Months — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:59:22 +0000

Needs Of The Many…

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By: DavePa

DavePa — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:35:14 +0000

I agree – excellent example of entrenched MSM hostile leftist bias.
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What do we call it when, according to that poll the other day, twenty percent of Democrats SAID they want us to LOSE the war…and a significant percentage of the MSM do also, just lack the guts to come out and say it???

By: americaslaststand

americaslaststand — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 18:23:00 +0000

“Typical democrat logic – facts notwithstanding.”

woodman on October 8, 2007 at 9:22 AM

democrat/logic/facts

those words put back to back to back really confuse me.

By: VikingGoneWild

VikingGoneWild — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 16:37:24 +0000

I’m not even suprised anymore. Just one more reason I don’t watch mud stream media channels.

By: Good news in Iraq “should not be reported” » Infidels Are Cool

Good news in Iraq “should not be reported” » Infidels Are Cool — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 16:19:00 +0000

[...] Hotair has the video from the Howard Kurtz show. [...]

By: MadisonConservative

MadisonConservative — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 15:03:17 +0000

Kurtz and Dobbs are becoming the banes of CNN’s political leanings. How are they still on the air?

By: csdeven

csdeven — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 13:30:41 +0000

Context is everything.

When our casualty numbers are up, the enemy is fighting back. The missing context is that we are exponentially killing more of those bastards because they are engaging us. The MSM acts like when our numbers are up, the Jihadists numbers are down.

When our numbers are down, it’s because we are WINNING. We are winning because those bastards chose to engage us and we killed enough of them to weaken their ability to attack us.

NOW is the time to hold their noses and kick em in the a$$!!! No mercy! Root them out and shoot them down in the streets like the dirty dogs they are. I am positive that is exactly what Patraeus is doing.

By: woodman

woodman — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 13:22:49 +0000

How “tricky” is the math when the numbers are going up? Have all of those variables been discussed – at length – when the trend was the other way around? Typical democrat logic – facts notwithstanding.

By: RedPlanetCartoons » What Good News?

RedPlanetCartoons » What Good News? — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 10:42:43 +0000

[...] Update II: Washington Post/CNN journalists explain why good news from Iraq should not be reported. Video at HotAir. [...]

By: C-Low

C-Low — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 05:43:46 +0000

Don’t worry once the pansies realize the numbers are heading favorable for the US they will just simple adjust the bar again.

I know many have a hard time but if people would study or even brief military history they would understand the insane success Iraq specifically and the GWOT in general has been. No body on 9-12 ever thought we would be 5yrs deep running S of 4k casualties and still NO DRAFT, NO SPECIAL TAX and did I mention 4.5% GNP military budget total economic cost compared to the 5.5%+80′s peacetime Budget? On every level short the ME’s insane idiotic comparison this GWOT is a insane success.

By: SoulGlo

SoulGlo — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 05:31:14 +0000

It’s really sad when a person like Barbara Starr, a news correspondent for CNN, says that she’s not really excited to hear about a decrease in troop deaths in Iraq. Even if you are anti-war or anti-Bush, you should at least be happy to hear about a decrease in troop deaths.

By: Halley

Halley — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 05:19:11 +0000

Boy, I can’t wait until the amount of money al-Qaeda has funneled into the US media is revealed someday.

By: Mojave Mark

Mojave Mark — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 05:05:05 +0000

Robin Wright is a moron. No wonder she works in media.

By: Egfrow

Egfrow — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 03:31:34 +0000

No one is asking these dopes to be excited about the data. In fact American citizens in general have not be asked to to a single thing to support this war. No rationing, not super high gas prices, no factories being converted to war production. No one is being asked to do anything. The military is all volunteer so we are not even being requested to do compulsory service. X-Box and PS3 is all most Americans get to see of war. Liberals are spoiled ingrates!

By: IrishEyes

IrishEyes — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 03:29:09 +0000

I don’t know Kurtz. Yes, he sounded (for MSM) pretty straight. But how did it end?

Sounds like he lets them turn good news of a 4 month decline into “only one month”, and “not a trend”; that is, good news downplayed again. An honest reporter would have corrected them on their fudging of the numbers and pointed out their inconsistencies.

But if the intent was to let the negative lies stand… Kind of like in any performance – the audience remembers most what was done last. I’d like to know if that is how it ended; this clip did.

By: Babs

Babs — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 03:08:16 +0000

Funny how the numbers are not so “tricky” when the numbers increase…

By: Griz

Griz — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 02:28:55 +0000

Two words… CABLE NEWS. Two more words… BROADCAST NEWS. They’re both CRAP.

By: ZK

ZK — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 02:16:21 +0000

As the old saying goes: “If it bleeds, it leads; if it thinks, it stinks.”

By: Unclemeat

Unclemeat — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 02:12:46 +0000

And Still They Deny A Liberal Media Bias…

Just another day at the office for these two.
‘Journalists’ Tell Howard Kurtz Why Good News from Iraq Shouldn’t Get Reported
As CNN’s Howard Kurtz accurately pointed out on Sunday’s “Reliable Sources,” few media outlet…

By: What is “Good news?” « The Autopsy

What is “Good news?” « The Autopsy — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 02:07:35 +0000

[...] is “Good news?” From Hot Air. Here’s the [...]

By: Clark1

Clark1 — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 02:02:51 +0000

Transparent and pathetic.

By: Attila (Pillage Idiot)

Attila (Pillage Idiot) — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 01:44:23 +0000

For it to be a trend, it has to look like a hockey stick.

By: TexasDan

TexasDan — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 00:50:06 +0000

“the numbers are tricky” isn’t spin. She’s being honest about her personal math skills.

I really got steamed listening to that. I was expecting point/counterpoint with two commentators, not ~~dumb/dumber~~ liar/bigger liar. You wait until you’re damn certain it’s a “trend” and then you report it? Which tenet of good journalism is that taken from?

By: Longhorn Six

Longhorn Six — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 00:39:49 +0000

Both of these…people…are LIARS. The original story, quoted in the ABC News story is that 4 (FOUR) consecutive months have passed with declining MILITARY casualties. The first (w)itch takes off on a tangent about not counting certain IRAQI deaths and then slips in that 2 (TWO) (one-half of those reported) months decline is not a trend. The second retard (HOW did she get a pentagon job – affirmative action?) smirks that “OF COURSE” an increase in deaths would be news by “ANY DEFINITION,” and then claims that the report covers only ONE month. Lord I hate liars who masquerade as reporters.

Excuse all the caps, but I am royally PO’d.