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PhillySane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 09:07 PM Original message |
The Toppling: How the media inflated a minor moment in a long war. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. I knew it was a sham at the time, and has been reported as such for some time! |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
2. Greenwald has a good companion column to this... |
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PhillySane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 09:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Pretty interesting take on the media |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
4. That whole god damn war was a psyops event, |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
5. The journalists who did the commenting on it were so contrived it was embarrassing. |
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Vinnie From Indy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
6. Sadly, the vast majority of Americans either do not know that the event was staged |
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PhillySane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 11:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. And what is now clear |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
7. In this shot, you can see Iraqis standing on the street watching the photo op. |
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texshelters (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-05-11 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
9. The whole war was a propaganda event |
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