US TV Accused of Ignoring Iraq Violence

[RACooper]

Originally posted by hoosier
Would you consider the Toronto Star an unbiased source for news about the US and Iraq?

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).

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.

Ah.... so human rights violations or violations of the Geneva Convention are only newsworthy if they are perpertrated by the "enemy"?

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.

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...