Monday, December 12, 2005

It's Like Staring at a Car Wreck

You know it's wrong but you just can't stop staring.

That seems to be the mindset of USA Today and the Associated Press. They just can't bring themselves to report anything positive about Iraq. Oh they did recently, but not until they reported the negative first.

Posted by Noel Sheppard on December 12, 2005 - 12:49.
As reported yesterday by NewsBusters, a brand new ABC News/TIME poll depicted Iraqis as being very optimistic about themselves and the future of their country. The Associated Press via USA Today is sharing this information with its readers by focusing attention on the negatives first. The article, entitled “Most Iraqis Oppose U.S. Troops, Poll Says,” began:

“Most Iraqis disapprove of the presence of U.S. forces in their country, yet they are optimistic about Iraq's future and their own personal lives, according to a new poll.

“More than two-thirds of those surveyed oppose the presence of troops from the United States and its coalition partners and less than half, 44%, say their country is better off now than it was before the war, according to an ABC News poll conducted with Time magazine and other media partners.”

Then the article addressed the positives:

2 comments:

Tigre said...

I agree, they only seem to report in the bad. They say it's not politically motivated, but when you take into consideration the poll done that shows 82% of CNN writers, editors, and reseachers voted Kerry you don't have an arguement.

Tom Green said...

That says it all doesn't it?