Re: Mainstream Media Ignores Major Progress In Iraq
- From: pkgrunke <pkgrunke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:55:28 -0400
Progress, my friend's kid was killed in Iraq yesterday over BS.
jose wrote:
Mainstream Media Ignores Major Progress In Iraq.
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
By Brit Hume
Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine:
Extra! Extra! Read All About It!
You may have thought it was big news Tuesday when the administration
reported to Congress that Iraq has made satisfactory progress on 15 of
18 political benchmarks set by the U.S.
Just last year, there was progress on only eight of those benchmarks
and war critics have repeatedly cited the lack of political progress
in arguing against the troop surge.
But the Media Research Center says there was not a word about the
report on the "CBS Evening News," "NBC Nightly News" or ABC's "World
News Tonight." The New York Times also ignored the story. The
Washington Post relegated its coverage to page eight.
This is how the Associated Press began its story on the report: "No
matter who is elected president in November, his foreign policy team
will have to deal with... the slow pace with which the government in
Baghdad operates."
Home Sweet Home
Shortly after joining the U.S. Senate, Barack Obama received a
discounted interest rate on a $1.32 million loan which he used to buy
his Chicago home. The Washington Post reports that in 2005, the
freshman senator secured an interest rate of 5.625 percent on a 30-
year fixed-rate mortgage from Northern Trust.
The Post reports that the average interest rate in Chicago at the time
was closer to six percent, and that Obama may have saved more than
$300 a month.
A statement from Northern Trust says Obama's deal was "consistent with
Northern Trust rates at the time." Obama Spokesman Ben LaBolt says the
rate was adjusted down because of a competing offer from another
lender.
Making a Statement
The U.S. Court of Appeals has upheld a South Dakota law requiring
doctors to provide pregnant women who want an abortion with a written
statement that says, "Abortion will terminate the life of a whole,
separate, unique, living human being."
Cybercast News reports South Dakota Republican Governor Mike Rounds
and Attorney General Larry Long represented the state and provided
evidence that a fetus is "whole, separate, unique and living."
The court said that Planned Parenthood — which filed the suit to have
the law struck down — submitted no evidence to oppose that conclusion.
Pro-life organizations are praising the ruling, but Planned Parenthood
says women should be able to make health care decisions "free from
political interference."
Going Postal
Muslims in the Scottish district of Tayside are outraged by a series
of postcards that have been distributed by local police.
The Daily Mail newspaper reports the cards were meant to notify locals
of new telephone numbers for non-emergency phone calls. But they
feature police dog-in-training, Rebel, who is a six-week-old German
shepherd.
Many Muslims believe dogs are "ritually unclean." Shopkeepers are
refusing to display the ad and Dundee city councilor Mohammed Asifis
is calling for an investigation. Asifis says, "My concern was that
it's not welcomed by all communities, with the dog on the cards."
Tayside police say the puppy postcards were not intended to cause
offense.
— FOX News Channel's Zachary Kenworthy contributed to this report.
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Good news is not news appears to be the motto
of America's press corps.
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