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U.S. and Iraqi leaders meet in Baghdad

MNF-Iraq.com story on the President’s surprise visit to Baghdad.
BAGHDAD, Iraq– U.S President George W. Bush paid a surprise visit to the International Zone in Baghdad Tuesday to congratulate Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on the formation of a new Iraqi government.
The president was scheduled to be at Camp David with his cabinet to hold [...]

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The bias between the lines

Of course the press isn’t biased. They’re just smarmy and arrogant. Like many career bureaucrats, they know better than the public what is good for the public. That is why they write, for the same reason I write - not to report the facts, but the influence opinion. The only difference is that I will [...]

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Ignoring the good stuff

Pain, death, suffering, failure and misery get the limelight in the mainstream press. And stories like U.S. Army instructors teach leadership skills to Iraqis get completely ignored. I guess teaching loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, honor and personal courage aren’t worth reporting.
Kem said training in the Iraqi army must be more than just tactics and [...]

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Poll: Blog readers signal desire for media to start reporting better, stop faking polls

By Trevor Snyder | willtoexist.com
A large majority of blog readers think traditional media sources should withdraw completely from reporting within a year. The Will to Exist reports that the poll of 100 bloggers, conducted by Will to Exist International, found that only three percent of blog readers felt the traditional media sources continue to remain [...]

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Should we pull out now?

Sometimes I get upset about the way the media reports things. I have a hard time believing their polls and quotes and so on. I would love to know which troops Zogby interviewed to get these results:
More than 70 percent of US troops now in Iraq want American troops withdrawn in 2006, according to a [...]

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