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There's an old saying that success has many fathers, but failure is an orphan. Well, when it comes to reporting on Al Qaeda, the MSM seems only interested in their successes, and not their failures.
But isn't that the way any good propagandist works?
Posted by Rand Simberg at May 21, 2007 12:11 PM
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How does the old saying go, "All the news that fits our views" or something like that.
The conventional wisdom is that Iraq is a failure, so any evidence to the contrary couldn't possibly be true, otherwise it would undermine the conventional wisdom. Or is that conventional ignorance?
Posted by Larry J at May 21, 2007 01:41 PM
IIRC, the same mechanism worked throughout 1968 / 1969 re: the 1968 Tet Offensive and aftermath.
Posted by MG at May 21, 2007 05:06 PM
Good one..If you succeed, people always keen to know the reason for your success,but we wont tell them the 100% truth..Whereas when we failed in the progress we always find the reasons for our failure and want to tell to every people but they won't listen...
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Posted by sakthi at May 22, 2007 01:00 AM
One gets the impression that trying to explain why this should be news to a typical reporter would be like trying to explain the dishwasher to my schnauzer.
Posted by Gunga at May 22, 2007 05:51 AM
Unfortunately the DoD credibility is poor.
Posted by at May 22, 2007 08:08 PM
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