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More unheard success stories from Iraq
Here's some good news from Iraq. I'd like to hear from any of you who heard this reported in the MSM (mainstream media). As this post points out, whether American journalists are deliberately omitting good news are not, they're definitely not reporting the whole story. Possible reasons - a) bad news is attention-getting, good news can be, well, mudane, even in a place like Iraq; b) (conspiracy music here) is it possible bias affects reporting?
A snippet from the article:
Rose verified a message I received from another Marine officer in Iraq. He provided perspective missing in the media: ”Those achievements, more than anything else … account for the surge in violence in recent days — especially the violence directed at Iraqis by the insurgents. Both in Najaf and Samarra, ordinary people stepped out and took sides with the Iraqi government against the insurgents, and the bad guys are hopping mad. They are trying to instill fear once again.”
Rose asked: ”Why isn't the media covering Samarra?”
Indeed, why not?
