Desicritics Comments on The Big Story That Never Was

Comment by Ambar

Mon, 20 Feb 2006 09:55:32 EST

Wow. We were all collectively hoodwinked!

Comment by Anindita

Mon, 20 Feb 2006 00:29:43 EST

Very interesting report.

Comment by Suyog

Sun, 19 Feb 2006 15:56:03 EST

Wow! That was quite interesting and revealing! Suyog

Comment by Aaman

Sun, 19 Feb 2006 15:43:29 EST

embedded - not much difference though, and that would be a good editorial post, temporal;)

Comment by temporal

Sun, 19 Feb 2006 15:38:49 EST

Morquendi: this is why there are hacks, wordsmiths, reporters and journalists reminds me of: 1: the Kuwaiti incubator story (allegedly : invading iraqis stealing equipment from kuwaiti hospitals and throwing babies etc -- the red eyed crying witness in front of the senate or house committee turned out to be daughter or relative of the kuwaiti ambassador... the story turned out to be a fabrication) 2 and more recent times...the rush to be literally in bed with US forces...ah what was that term ? imbedded these upholders of freedom saw nothing in jumping in and reporting from the eyes of the pentagod and rumsfeld...there goes independent reporting!... 3: the famous video of Saddam's statue crumbling down ( so what it took a Abram tank to do it)...for those who missed the background: the expectation of US soldiers being greeted with flowers disappeared...pentagod created and supplied this visual...first the square was ringed by US tanks...meaning free and open access to the square was sealed off...then they hired local goons for the photo-op...including guards of the one time CIA and pentagod godchild, bank embezzler and current a deputy PM...ahmed chalabi...these guards shown on vidos world wide were also shown with chalabi's entourage three days earlier when chalabi was 'escorted' (helicoptered) out of kurdistan and brought to south basra region... and then the audacity that took the cake...collectively they blamed al-jazeera! thanks again for bringing this here rgds t

Comment by DrPolitics

Sun, 19 Feb 2006 14:53:01 EST

Dave Kopel's "Talk Back to the Media" column of Feb. 26, 2005 http://tinyurl.com/7sl43

Comment by Pratyush

Sun, 19 Feb 2006 12:09:01 EST

Thank you Morquendi. The question which comes to my mind curiously is how you know regarding this. And it does deserve to be on googlenews so good choice there Aaman.