December 21, 2006
It is strange that the AP doesn't seem interested in dragging out an Iraqi source and shouting, "Dance, monkey!" while all their bureau reporters and staff circle up and clap rhythmically. I'm sure Hussein would then be welcome on many national television shows and, afterward, he could go home with some lovely green room gift baskets and a big target to stick on his family.Unfortunately, this is about as close to factual analysis as the AP cheering section has so far managed to get.
I'm fairly certain this story would have already gone away if the AP had just admitted that the "Burning Six" story was fabricated and issued a retraction. They refuse to do so, and that's why this story is important. But it's not going away, Ms. Carroll. We're not going to let you get away with a strategy of standing your ground, sticking to your guns and just hoping it blows over.
It's not going to blow over because this story is really not about what happened in a neighborhood in Baghdad on November 24, 2006.
This story is not even about whether or not Police Capt. Jamil Hussein exists, whether the 61 AP stories that used Capt. Hussein as a source have any veracity, or whether there is or is not a "civil war" in Iraq.
This story is about a western news media establishment that gets duped and exploited by politically-motivated local stringers time (Mohammed al-Dura) after time (Jenin) after time (Bassem Mroue) after time (Adnan Hajj) after time (Green Halmet Helmut Helmet) after time (The Qana Ambulance) after time (The Burning Six).
This system is broken, folks, and the LEFT WING should be every bit as concerned about this as the right wing. If the "eyes" and the "ears" of our nation are being flooded with false images and sounds, how is the "brain" expected to make good decisions? It can't. This is not a left or right issue, people!!
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What keeps me interested in this story is just how indignant and insulting Carroll and company was. They didn't just stubbornly stand by their story, they went out of their way to attack and insult everyone who questioned them. One of the basic rules of free rhetorical debate is to only fling personal attacks when (1) you are just being a jackass and don't care if you lose the argument, or (2) you are trying to lure your opponent into a trap. Ms. Carroll sounds like a junior high school Kos kid, except she apparently forgot that she lacks the ability to yell "screw all you douchebags, I'm banning you from commenting on my blog!"
Posted by: wooga at December 21, 2006 06:18 PM (t9sT5)
Posted by: John Ryan at December 21, 2006 07:35 PM (TcoRJ)
Keep tilting at windmills.
Posted by: Unimpressed at December 21, 2006 08:31 PM (iaV9O)
Posted by: civilbehavior at December 21, 2006 10:17 PM (AYJPk)
they care? Why don't people care that what they see on the tube
has some relation to reality? Why don't people care that there is
a whole cottage industry in Gaza that reconstructs Israeli attacks,
recreates them, or just downright fabricates them? If 6 didn't
die then might 60 have lived, or 655,000?
We are told that we have lost in Irak. How do we really know one
way or the other, if what we hear, see, and read is simple
hearsay? Foreign policy/national security decisions based upon
political pressure from gossip. High tech gossip, but gossip
nonetheless.
Posted by: RicardoVerde at December 21, 2006 10:21 PM (yZ0Nx)
AP's lies will be their own destruction.
They are in the path of a catagory five truth storm. The sky just hasn't turned green yet.
We may be ants, but the tree were attacking has no way of stopping us. We will bring it down!
They turn sacred free speech into a fountain of lies, and lead Americans to lose faith in their troops, and their leadership in time of war. The very idea of a giant monopoly controlling your news and information is wrong. WRONG!
I have my enemies list, and I don't forget. I'll talk about AP's lies to anyone I can until they are gone. They have used up my good will. For them I have no other cheek to turn. Lying deceitful scum!
No, this story isn't going away! AP is going away! WATCH! The ants will show you how it is done!
USA, all the way!
Posted by: Michael Weaver at December 21, 2006 11:00 PM (2OHpj)
Of course this is a left and right issue. The left are lying, and the right are calling them on it. So are you. (Calling them on it.)
"Right" is a synonym for "correct," you know.
How much longer are decent people going to pay tribute to the left by patronizing their propaganda sources before we declare war and fight back with all we have? Until the inevitable nuclear attacks on our country? (Yes.)
The left revels in false images and sounds that convey their agenda. The ends always justify the means to the unprincipled.
Don't give them any more of your gold. You work hard for it. We all do.
Posted by: Jeff Bargholz at December 22, 2006 05:42 AM (abVz3)
There just aren't huge numbers of people aware of this story. There aren't huge numbers of people who were aware of the original AP story.
If you don't believe me do a Google news search for "Jamil Hussein." There are about a half a dozen bloggers trying to keep this alive. The only news outlet is the Northern Arizona Rural News. Northern Arizona may be the least populated region of the U.S.
If you want the AP to start accepting reality, then you should probably accept some too.
Posted by: Unimpressed at December 22, 2006 10:52 AM (iaV9O)
Unimpressed;
Muhammed was only one man. Reality has a way of hiding its potential. I tell you, this is the beggining of the end for AP. Someone may come along and co-opt the name. We have seen that sort of thing before. Either way this AP is going to die, in body.
USA, all the way! and Merry Christmas.
Posted by: Michael Weaver at December 22, 2006 03:20 PM (2OHpj)
I did a Google search on this story and came up with millions of sites. You're a lying, rat-fucking bastard.
Even limiting a search to "Jamil Hussein" scores a shit-load of sites.
Try again, moonbat.
Posted by: Jeff Bargholz at December 24, 2006 01:52 AM (abVz3)
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