Just the last two days...

you decide..or prove me wrong..

Published on June 18, 2007 By ShadowWar In War on Terror

OK. I went to the press release site and copied the list of news releases for just the last two days. Then I looked at them. They list not only "Good News" susch as captured or killed terrorist, but they also mention soldiers being attacked and such. Seems to me just looking at these two days that the DOD MNF-I news release site list a more balanced set of articles than any main stream media site I find. Can you find anywhere on CNN, ABC, MSNBC or ones like those this type of balanced (good and bad news) reporting? If you can please post a link to it.

Below are ALL the news releases just for the last two days:

Monday, 18 June 2007	National Police and MND-B troops respond to car bomb attacks in southern Baghdad
Monday, 18 June 2007	Soldiers aid Iraqi man after IED blast near Al Sumalat
Monday, 18 June 2007	‘Garryowen’ troops detain suspected roadside bombers
Monday, 18 June 2007	Suspects seized in cordon, search operation in Abu Saida
Monday, 18 June 2007	11 suspected VBIED cell members detained
Monday, 18 June 2007	Coalition Forces disrupt Secret Cell terrorist network
Monday, 18 June 2007	Marne Torch commences in areas south of Baghdad
Monday, 18 June 2007	Marne Torch air assault yields five detainees
Monday, 18 June 2007	MND-B Aviation, Soldiers discover rockets in Rashid schoolyard
Monday, 18 June 2007	Improvised explosive device strikes MND-B patrol
Monday, 18 June 2007	Civilian tips net massive explosive cache
Monday, 18 June 2007	Iraqi Security Forces detain four suspected terrorists during raid in Samarra
Monday, 18 June 2007	Iraqi Forces detain terrorist facilitator in Kirkuk
Monday, 18 June 2007	IP detain four insurgents wounded after emplacing IED
Sunday, 17 June 2007	Task Force Lightning Soldiers attacked
Sunday, 17 June 2007	Task Force Lightning Soldier attacked
Sunday, 17 June 2007	One insurgent killed, 3 captured in Adhamiyah
Sunday, 17 June 2007	Coalition Forces, Iraqis team up for security clearing mission, barrier emplacements in Rusafa
Sunday, 17 June 2007	ISF continue string of successes with smuggler’s haul; cache find
Sunday, 17 June 2007	Dragon Soldiers find caches, defeat attackers
Sunday, 17 June 2007	Raid on suspected safe house near Samarra
Sunday, 17 June 2007	10 terrorists killed, 20 detained in Coalition operations
Sunday, 17 June 2007	Newscast – Task Force Marne Soldiers re-enlist
Sunday, 17 June 2007	Helicopters kill insurgents during joint IA, US operations
Sunday, 17 June 2007	Rashid sheiks meet to discuss peace, progress
Sunday, 17 June 2007	Joint Operation Ardennes detains 2

Well? You see, what is the reason that the MSM can't just post some of the above besides the one "Improvised explosive device strikes MND-B patrol " thats the only one you would see in the MSM. When there are more out there.

The US Press is so lopsided against the Iraq War they are doing everything in thier power to shape the American publics view of the war. If you hear something enough you will begin to belive it. Negative, negative, negative and so on...soon you are negative.

You can now see my YouTube channel where I post videos from the DOD that you will never see on the Nightly News. LOL They are positive about our men and women of the military. http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=3rdID8487, including shots of action , patrols, and such.

Comments

OMGYouRule

on Jun 19, 2007

That's why I only watch BBC News, the rest suck

whoman69

on Jun 20, 2007

The fact that they are so busy shows the chaos that rules within the country. The situation is not getting better despite the surge.
Its not just the press that thinks the situation is deteriorating there. Talk to the Republican congressman that have been over there. The whole plan has been a shambles from the beginning.

Abe Cubbage

on Jun 20, 2007

"The US Press is so lopsided against the Iraq War they are doing everything in thier power to shape the American publics view of the war."

"You can now see my YouTube channel where I post videos from the DOD that you will never see on the Nightly News."

You recognize that the civilian media is often biased, yet you seem to turn a blind eye to the bias of the DOD's media.

ShadowWar

on Jun 20, 2007

Reply By: Abe CubbagePosted: Wednesday, June 20, 2007
"The US Press is so lopsided against the Iraq War they are doing everything in thier power to shape the American publics view of the war."

"You can now see my YouTube channel where I post videos from the DOD that you will never see on the Nightly News."

You recognize that the civilian media is often biased, yet you seem to turn a blind eye to the bias of the DOD's media.

No actually you failed to see the point of the list of articles. Notice they post both positive and negative stuff (deaths of soldiers or attacks on our troops). That was my point. They at least post the positive along with the negative. You missed the point entirely, which can be attributted to either your intentional failure to want to see the overall picture or your narrowed view due to watching to much MSM. Of course the DOD is going to be biaes to the other side, you would have to be an idiot not to think that, but the point is by looking at both sides you see a more well rounded picture than relying on only the MSM biased reporting.

Abe Cubbage

on Jun 20, 2007

missed the point entirely,

I understood your point perfectly fine. My observation stands.

but the point is by looking at both sides you see a more well rounded picture than relying on only the MSM biased reporting.

This is not the point you were making in the article, if you intended to make this point then you need to edit your article. The point you actually made was, "Civilian media is horribly biased, whereas the DOD media is much more balanced in its reporting. You make no mention of using both in order to gain a clearer picture on the subjects they report on.

ShadowWar

on Jun 21, 2007

I stand by my statement: "Notice they post both positive and negative stuff (deaths of soldiers or attacks on our troops). That was my point. They at least post the positive along with the negative. "

Is that or is it not more rounded than reporting only the negative? Simple enough point and question.

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