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Originally posted by hoosier
Would you consider the Toronto Star an unbiased source for news about the US and Iraq?
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Well more objective or unbiased than say Pentagon briefings or the White House's offical news agency - FOXNews
You may find this a shocker but believe it or not media does offer differing view points or debates - some pro some con (mostly con, reflecting the general population).
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As a general suporter of the President and the War, and a news junkee, I know that the US is daily assaulted with every negative thing happening in Iraq, Gitmo, and in between. The NYTimes has printed something like 90 front-page articles about the AbuGrahb (?) prison - surely ten times more than justified by news value or common sense.
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Ah.... so human rights violations or violations of the Geneva Convention are only newsworthy if they are perpertrated by the "enemy"?
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I place more value on the opinions I hear from returning soldiers and newsmen and commentators who have visited Iraq than on the main stream media who are pushing their agendas.
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So what only happy or supportive news is entertained as credible by you?
You may find this a shocker I too talk to troops returning from Iraq... in fact a couple of Marines where crashing at the chapter while visting family & friends here... thing is all of them have commented on the different news coverage you get up here... and most said we had a better picture of the day to day because the coverage is still there in the media every day - whether its a lead or not depends on what is going on...