is there a news blackout on Iraq?

[donsu]

last couple of days I heard 2 mentions of Iraq. a pipeline blowup and protesters at the council meeting.


just now at DU I've read of the soldier killed defusing a bomb. what soldier they are not saying.

is it just me or has news from Iraq stopped?

[evil_orange_cat]

1. pretty much, the media is distracting everyone with GAY MARRIAGE

OMFG THE GAYS ARE COMIGN OMFG :eyes:

[Serenity-NOW]

9. The gays are coming?

Sheesh I better tidy up or they'll have a field day with me! Damn! I don't even have a pair of matched socks! Aaaaargh.

[izzie]

11. Yes and it is better than war.

Bush will save us from those gay people.

[evil_orange_cat]

16. you know what is scary?

first we discriminate against gays to "save marriage"... then, Bush, Falwell and company present their "final solution" to deal with the "gay problem"

:thumbsdown: fucking Nazis

[Mari333]

2. yes, and there has been for a long time

they are trying to keep the lid on the realities of a civil war thats erupting whether we install our puppet government or not.
The US public is once again, allowing the media to cover it up, the same media who did very little or no investigative journalism in the first place to keep it from happening...
Not one casket
Not one funeral
No coverage of the dead and wounded soldiers or civilians
nothing
in a war for nothing
some of us have kids in that hellhole, so we keep up on it all the time because we know we wont hear anything on the whore media
http://www.occupationwatch.com
http://www.bringthemhomenow.com

[cornermouse]

3. Well, let's see.

1. "Embedded" media coverage at the beginning.
2. Not only did they not welcome us with flowers and cheering throngs, we've been losing people daily. BTW, last I saw was that today's death was a coalition. I take that as British or someone else.
3. How much coverage have you seen about Afghanistan?

Which sort of makes you wonder if we're planning another invasion...

[muriel_volestrangler]

10. It was an Estonian soldier

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/middle_east/3519609.stm

[Aidoneus]

4. that depends on where you look

if you expect the magick picture box to be an overflowing well of knowledge, ...well, that's your first mistake. Making a point of pointing that inadequacy out is something, I suppose, but coverage of events is extensive if you know where to look.

[donsu]

7. I was referring to TV media

nt

[Aidoneus]

15. I wouldn't recommend relying on them

nor the state radio outlets. By the very nature of them, deception at best or inadequacy at worse is the most that can be expected.

[donsu]

17. the point being made is the suppression of news - not where I get my

news from.

[Aidoneus]

22. ah, right..

In that case, yes there is--and inherently so.

[spanone]

5. Bush* has pushed Haiti to the top of the charts

A democratically elected president that we abandoned to rebels. Once again we helped install a president only to abandon him. Now what? What will push Haiti off the front page. Mr. bush* is this your notion of a "humble foreign policy"? "No nation building"? Lying liars and........

[cornermouse]

8. Wasn't Aristide helped by Clinton?

Clinton's policy "fails" and look at Bush's "surprise".

[spanone]

18. Aristide was TWICE elected by the people of Haiti.

Bush* and Co. believe in selective democracy.

[evil_orange_cat]

19. also, the rebels are led by some really evil people... funded by drugs...

personally, this thing has CIA written all over it.

[DuctapeFatwa]

6. The crusaders are killing Iraqis and securing America's oil

Everything is progressing nicely.

[alcuno]

12. It's a fact that the rate of American deaths was at its lowest in February

Does that mean that things are going well there? No. But our media concentrates on American deaths, pure and simple.

http://lunaville.org

[Mari333]

13. and they lie about it pure and simple

http://www.channel4.com/news/2004/02/week_2/10_iraq2.html

[catmandu57]

14. It's been very very quiet

and the big rotation is supposed to be happening now. It seems like a veil has fallen, I can't see a let up, maybe the invaders are forting up?
Maybe the targets have shifted, either way I have the feeling that we are sitting on a timebomb. What do you suppose 20 march is going to bring?

[Mari333]

21. Much of the rotation has happened, 110,000 soldiers

from small towns , reserves and guard units who dont know shit from shinola are there and are terrified and shooting randomly...I havent heard from my stepson in over a week, last time I heard he told me "we are on a blackout"..I dont even know if hes alive or dead..
I dont know what the hell is going on and we have to sit here and wonder every fucking day whats going on..no one lets us know, no one calls us, no one gives a flying fuck what is going on and the military is treating the families like shit.

[neebob]

20. Geraldo is still over there, I think

Saw something on Fox yesterday as I was flipping channels about his convoy being under attack. Didn't concern me enough to stop and find out.

Now that you mention it, the only other mention of Iraq I've heard in the last few days was something on CNN about the something to do with the election "coming off of the Iraq war." Like it's over or something.