Monday, January 22, 2007

Media LeftRight Wrong On Iraq

The Blog | Arianna Huffington: The Mainstream Media's Take on Iraq: Right, Left... And Dead Wrong | The Huffington Post: "Divorced from the reality of what's going on in Iraq. Wedded to a deluded perception of the war. Unwilling to acknowledge widespread and irrefutable evidence to the contrary. Sound like anyone you know? No, I'm not talking about President Bush -- though it's certainly true of him as well. I'm talking about the mainstream media, and their relentless depiction of the Iraq war as a left/right issue, even as the facts give lie to this hoary framing.

According to a Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll, 60 percent of Americans oppose Bush's escalation of the war, and 65 percent want to 'withdraw right away' or 'withdraw within a year.' Other polls reach the same conclusion: Iraq is simply not a right vs. left issue.

But you'd never know it from watching the pundits on television..."

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