Wednesday, March 16, 2005
Why Isn't This a Major Story
Apparently, after the initial invasion of the Iraq War, there was systematic and organized looting which took equipment which could be used for a variety of things, including the manufacture of nuclear weapons.
Typically, the media would report on this for three reasons. 1) It's newsworthy. 2) It raises questions that deserve answers. 3) It has the potential to make Bush look bad.
Unfortunately, this hasn't been picked up on by other media outlets. I would assume they are uncomfortable with the fact that it disagrees with the typical "Bush lied about WMDs" pablum. That's unfortunate. But they probably didn't want to preface their newscasts with information that would make their watchers question what they've been consuming for the last year or two.
That's why I'm crazy like a Fox News viewer.
Apparently, after the initial invasion of the Iraq War, there was systematic and organized looting which took equipment which could be used for a variety of things, including the manufacture of nuclear weapons.
Typically, the media would report on this for three reasons. 1) It's newsworthy. 2) It raises questions that deserve answers. 3) It has the potential to make Bush look bad.
Unfortunately, this hasn't been picked up on by other media outlets. I would assume they are uncomfortable with the fact that it disagrees with the typical "Bush lied about WMDs" pablum. That's unfortunate. But they probably didn't want to preface their newscasts with information that would make their watchers question what they've been consuming for the last year or two.
That's why I'm crazy like a Fox News viewer.
