May 20, 2006
Not In Your Names
Denying credit where none is due...
In a story you are unlikely to see broadcast nationally, the mayor of the Iraqi city of Tal Afar journeyed to the United States to say just two words: thank you.
Of course, this thanks should be well targeted - indeed, he was thanking the men and women on the front line who made it possible. He was also thanking the American people who supported the effort to rid the planet of Saddam and of the subsequent thuggish band that fought against the peaceful emergence of self-government in Iraq.
To the not in my name crowd, don't worry, we will keep you to your word.
Where is this story on the news? I've been amazed at the complete disconnect of the American press from any desire to see a positive outcome in Iraq. Face it, the only stories that make the broadcast news out of Iraq are of death. It's a Dead Pool, a gallows tally. Has any nation ever had a news establishment with a vested interest in such defeatism?
I do not want the media cheerleading the war, nor spiking truthful stories about the conflict. Merely act as if they had a stake in victory - which they do.
It's just not a political stake, and it seems to me that is what currently decides what is newsworthy...
Posted by MEC2 at May 20, 2006 11:55 AMIt’s easier to report the bad than the good. The bad tends to jump up in your face, while the good has to be sought out. I hope this country has the courage to see the war finished and not give up. It seems we don’t.
Posted by: Scott at May 27, 2006 07:20 AM