Comments on: Not Good News, Just News

By: Callimachus

Callimachus — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 09:17:47 +0000

Tom, it’s good to see you here. For those who don’t know, Tom did yeoman work in helping some of the key Iraqi bloggers get the money to get themselves up and running after the fall of Saddam. He’s a true hero of the ’sphere.

By: 1819837411938

1819837411938 — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 04:45:07 +0000

One big failure of the MSM is that they fail to portray the totalitarian nature of terrorist organizations. They fail to show the difference between living in a free society and living in a terrorist regime. This is important because every one on earth has a stake in the war on terror. Ironically, the media which depends on freedom of speech has a lot to lose if the terrorists who don’t believe in freedom of speech get their way, yet the media is the most powerful weapon the terrorists have.

Compare Blogger Michael Totten’s reporting of Hizbullah

http://www.laweekly.com/news/42/guess-whos-coming-to-iftar/
http://www.michaeltotten.com/archives/001116.html

to TIME magazine’s Michael Ware’s reporting of Iraqi insurgents:

http://www.radioblogger.com/archives/march06.html#001505

Totten shows the totaliarian nature of Hizbullah while Michael Ware romanticizes Saddam’s ex-thugs as “dishonered” and “[Iraq's] West Pointers, who are fighting what they see as a war of liberation ” . . ..

By: Tom Villars

Tom Villars — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 23:22:28 +0000

Ali from AFreeIraqi.blogspot.com said,”This is one of the main reasons why many Iraqis were and still are disappointed with America. No, these Iraqis do not hate America as most like to think, they’re just disappointed with her for not fitting the image they had in their minds; the just tyrant that should’ve taken full responsibility for some time until they could find their own just tyrant who would make their life much better without forcing them to share a burden and a responsibility they never thought it was among their duties as citizens.”

The post can be found here: http://afreeiraqi.blogspot.com/2005/04/asking-few-questions-makes-difference.html