That's a very broad brush with which you paint a picture. If your face that in your life, move out of SOUTH CAROLINA.

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What's in it for the media to report good news. Who's going to tune into CNN to watch Iraqi's lead normal, uneventful lives? Not too many people.

How do you report on women who are NOT being raped? Do you show a woman going through the motions of a typical, boring life?

How do you create a story about mass graves that are NOT being created today?

One of the reasons why I like to watch Charlie Rose is that he shows all sides. He has reporters on who normally report the doom and gloom, and when asked if life is better today in Iraq, they all say yes.

PhiPsiRuss,

I have seen many men from all over the US that have those views (i.e. New York City, NY; Connecticut). It's not just South Carolina. It's everywhere. No, not all men view women this way, just as all men in South Carolina do not view women as property. So, please, don't stereotype South Carolina or any other state in the South. Stereotyping the South and degrating women get me hot under the collar, sorry! :D (I am taking a deep breath now!)

Off my rant ;) and back to the regularly scheduled thread.

I thought women were becoming a rather protected species in the USA actually.

I think to understand how and why the media presents the news the way they do can come down to one thing. Corporate ownership. The majority of the news media outlets are owned by huge corporations . The way the news reported by these groups has been censored is due to the fact that they answer to their stockholders and advertisers. The spin of news reports reflects that.

The BBC is a well respected news organization in England. I think it's still independent. Their news reports are different than what's presented by American media.

It's an unfortunate fact that women and children in warring countries have an increased opportunity to have harm done to them. I'm not discounting the men in these countries but the tangent in this thread is toward women.

Until men are held accountable for their actions around the world with an increased set of consequences. Violence against women and children will continue to occur in our neighborhoods as well as world wide.

On item number one, people were making the same charges when the networks were stand-alone entities. It has been relatively recently that they were acquired by big companies.

Item number two, the BBC is a government owned, run and supported network. They had no competition at all until about thirty years ago. Thankfully, they have generally managed to stay independent from government control.

I say thankfully, because that is seldom the case with government owned networks.

first warning, lay off the personal attacks. If attacks still continue, this topic will be deleted.

Viceroy has spoken.

You're not Iraqi. Stop talking about it.

This is why I tend to get the bulk of my news from the BBC. For America-specific information, I have to stick to the networks.

I listen to and watch the BBC as well. There is absolutely nothing special about it. In fact there are several studies on the BBC network's biases on certain topics.

Now again, let's return to how the global media has not reported positive news from Iraq - not the fake stories and bizarre tangents that some users would care to take us on.

-Rudey

As we return to the thread, can we remember what the message moe.ron said about personal attacks?

Since some users just make up stories and others talk about things that have nothing to do with this thread, I felt motivated to post some other stories that may be of interest to people on Iraqi reconstruction efforts.


More fact on essential services


As part of an effort to help Baghdad University expand its collection of contemporary language books, U.S. military engineers worked with Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen in Germany to deliver textbooks and literature donated from German students and faculty to Baghdad University's College of Languages. More than 500 books and 300 pamphlets were shipped to the University's language library. Baghdad University's College of Languages teaches Spanish, German, Russian, Farsi, Hebrew, English, French, and Italian and has over 4,000 daytime and 3,000 evening students. (CENTCOM)


The Humanitarian Assistance Coordination Center (HACC), operated by the Polish Army, has provided medicine, food, and toys to the Iraqi people. The HACC donated 450 cartons of antibiotics and painkillers to hospitals in Hilla and Al Kut. Toys collected by Polish children were distributed by HACC to Iraqi children at a primary school in Hilla. The Polish Army also donated 1,200 kg of food to villages near Karbala and an orphanage in Hilla. (CPA)


The Coalition Provisional Authority and Iraqi workers built a new school in Hilla, Babil Province. Liberation School, so named by local school officials, will provide more than 400 boys and girls an opportunity to attend primary school in their own neighborhood. To date, the CPA has provided funding to repair more than 1,040 schools, built playgrounds and sports fields, provided youth centers, and repaired child care centers. (CPA)


Renovations to the Abu Hanifa Forum were recently completed with the assistance of USAID partner IRD as part of the USAID's Community Action Program (CAP). The forum has served as a community meeting place for the last 50 years, but had fallen into a state of serious disrepair. After meeting with IRD, local residents identified renovation of the site as a community priority. Now the forum is once again a home for lectures, meetings, and a library. (USAID)


Nearly three-quarters of Iraq's 27,000 kilometers of vital irrigation canals were weed-choked by years of neglect. Today the CPA has spent nearly $9 million in Commander's Emergency Response Program (CERP) funds to clear over 18,500 kilometers of irrigation canals, bringing water thousands of farmers, and creating jobs that boost the economy. (CPA)


The Marshlands Restoration and Management Program is partnering with the Ministry of Water Resources, the Ministry of Environment, University of Basrah, AMAR Charitable Trust, Iraq Foundation and the governments of Canada, Italy, United Kingdom, and Australia to build local capacity. Program initiatives include creating a hydraulic model of the marshes to improve water management through the Ministry of Water Resources, equipping a soil and water quality lab at the Center for Iraq Marshlands Restoration, monitoring water quality in reflooded sites, and extending healthcare services to marsh dwellers. (USAID)


Health care spending is now 26 times what it was under Saddam. All 240 hospitals and 95 percent of Iraq's clinics have reopened, neglected health care facilities are undergoing reconstruction and rehabilitation, 856 health projects have received funding, distribution of medicines has reached 12,000 tons, and over 22 million vaccinations have been administered. (CPA)


The University of Baghdad is working with a consortium of US universities to develop an Archaeology program and facilities. a team of Iraqi and American educators (from SUNY at Stony Brook) visited the University of Baghdad College of Arts (Kulliyat al-Adab) library and the Mosul Univeristy College of Arts library. The team assessed the IT capacity and library resources and training needs. (USAID)


Archaeologists, the Ministry of Culture and the CPA are developing an Archaeological Sites Protection Project to step up the protection of Iraq's more than 7,000 identified archaeological sites. Part of the Facilities Protection Service Project includes the deployment of armed guards trained by the Italian Carabinieri. (DFID)

http://usinfo.state.gov/mena/middle_..._services.html

More facts on economy

In an effort to increase Iraq's economic production, 128 farm families participated in Winter Crop Technology Demonstrations. Supported by USAID, the Agriculture Reconstruction and Development Program for Iraq (ARDI) established 334 hectares of demonstration plots in 15 governorates to demonstrate new technologies and techniques for growing red wheat, durum wheat, barley, chickpeas, lentils, and vetch. Farmers in Al Tarmiya, located northwest of Baghdad, achieved impressive results after planting one hectare according to ARDI recommendations. (USAID)


In Samawah, USAID partner RTI is building a covered market to help Iraqi merchants. The new market will provide vendors currently selling in the streets with an organized walled market, improving their working conditions and protecting their products from extreme weather conditions. (USAID)


The Central Bank of Iraq announced licenses for three foreign banks: Hong Kong Shanghai, National Bank of Kuwait, and Standard Chartered Bank. By liberalizing domestic interest rates and introducing modern banking practices, the Central Bank will generate foreign and domestic investment and create new jobs. (CPA)


Approximately 76,000 jobs have been created under the National Employment Program, a CPA initiative that seeks to create 100,000 new public work jobs. USAID, through its partner, BearingPoint supports sustainable economic activities in Iraq that will enable regional and international economic integration, stimulate international trade, and generate employment. (USAID)


On Dec. 27, new Iraqi dinars were delivered to nine banks, and 106 tons of old Iraqi dinars were collected from 12 banks. USAID partner BearingPoint is facilitating the currency exchange. Now 92 percent of new Iraqi dinars (4.2 trillion) are in country. (USAID)


There is now a consensus among Iraq's major creditors (the U.S., Japan, Germany, France, Italy, Russia, and the United Kingdom) that debt reduction is required to bring Iraq back to debt sustainability. These countries have announced a willingness to work together to agree on significant reductions in Iraq's debt through the Paris Club, which deals with government-to-government debt. (DFID)


The United Nations Development Group (UNDG) and the World Bank launched the International Reconstruction Fund Facility for Iraq. The Facility is a combination of two trust funds: the World Bank Iraq Trust Fund, focusing on technical assistance, infrastructure support and feasibility studies; and the UNDG Iraq Trust Fund, which will concentrate on quick impact projects and political and economic transition activities. The projects will be run by UN agencies and the World Bank. (DFID)


IMF and World Bank staff held joint meetings in Amman with a delegation from Iraq headed by Ministers Kamel al-Gailani (Finance), Ali Allawi (Trade), Sinan al-Shabibi (Governor, Central Bank), as well as other Iraqi officials and CPA advisors. The meetings covered a briefing by the Iraqi delegation on recent economic and policy developments; discussion of the Bank and Fund work program for Iraq; and a session on technical assistance in monetary and financial statistics. (IMF)

-Rudey

"The more people believe passionately in an issue, the less they want to see anything critical about it in a paper. People want to see only the justification of the conclusion they've already reached. I think my highest concern as a journalist is not to become a propagandist, and so I get an almost mischievous delight in going against the grain."
- TONY AUTH, political cartoonist, 2003, on questioning prevailing "Wisdom"

hahahaha!

Oh so now your not Iranian but Iraqi yourself? Ok! See you logic there.....

Tokhmeh sag boro bemeer. That is a great Iranian phrase that I wanted to share with you.

If you can't speak English, I have no time to educate you. I never said I was Iraqi. I said "You're not an Iraqi resident". This is about you.

You also shouldn't talk about logic because you embarass yourself.

-Rudey