[NYTr] Media - Iraq: One way out
 
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 23:47:55 -0500 (CDT)

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Media Matters - Sep 12, 2007
http://mediamatters.org/altercation/

One way out ...

by Eric Alterman

It's hard both to believe and to stomach the reaction to the Petraeus
report (as well as to the MoveOn.org advertisement)
[ http://mediamatters.org/rd?http://moveon.org/ ]. It's as if the MSM
players actually see themselves as "actors" in a drama with their lines
and stage instructions already written. 

I mean, did anyone really think that Petraeus was going to say anything
other than "things are a little bit better, let's stay the course" even
though we know very well from the GAO and other sources that this is
nonsense? And really, has this administration ever said anything but
"things are a little better, let's stay the course" during this entire
debacle? 

And yet everyone reports this as if suffering from amnesia
that destroys the memory of everything that's been said and done in all
of American history up until the general appeared. 

Again, is there anything more pathetic than the way journalists swoon
for generals -- well, perhaps it's for presidents who dress up in
flight suits with large protective cups around their private parts --
but still. And yes, I think the MoveOn.org advertisement is
counterproductive, since the case is so much stronger than a silly pun
could have communicated. But seriously, who has been getting soldiers
killed for no good reason for the past five years and is now insisting
on the right to continue to do so rather than admit the colossal nature
of their error? Hint: It's not MoveOn. 

Anyway, as I said, read the coverage and ask yourself how these people
take themselves seriously. I study (and teach) this stuff for a living
and I can't even fully explain it.

B) 2007 Media Matters for America.

 
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