March 13, 2004

It Used To Be Called Propaganda

Yesterday, I didn't read one word on CNN.com about the three U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq. I guess that one or two deaths a day is so common now that the press is de-sensitized to it -- it isn't newsworthy any more. Or important.

I read about the three deaths on SkyNews at sky.com yesterday morning.

Or could this be an example of the Bush Administration squelching bad news from the front, concentrating instead on Bush laying a wreath for those killed in Spain, thereby diverting attention from the painful idea that the U.S. is mired down in Iraq fighting a guerilla war that will never end? Electioneering, so to speak? He has stepped up the search for Osama bin Laden recently, obviously hoping to pull the rabbit out of the hat on the eve of the election. Or maybe Osama is in a luxury cell down at Guantanamo already, getting a makeover, preparing for the big "reveal."

Is there an end in sight to our husbands and wives, sons and daughters, friends and neighbors dying in Iraq? Perhaps I missed that story on CNN.com, too. Perhaps I missed it in Bush's speech the other day to Cleveland women in business, to whom he painted a rosy picture of the economy while thousands drop off the unemployment rolls each week, no jobs in sight in the midwest.

Yes, George Bush was in Cleveland -- I thought that maybe he was going to audition for the lead in a local production of Tommy, being perfect for the lead. After all, in the play, the "deaf, dumb, and blind boy lives in a quiet vibration land."

My apology to Pete. I know that was a sacrilege. I will be punished severely.

Posted by Bill at March 13, 2004 07:46 AM
Comments

I think Pete would understand in light who you were referring to.

Posted by: Michelle at March 13, 2004 11:47 AM

Your counter always gives me the creeps. Strange how the news gets manupulated to fit.

Posted by: Anji at March 14, 2004 04:32 AM

I'm so anti-news that I'll make this suggestion from my weird point of view... could it be that they aren't reporting on it because the gov't doesn't consider it a war casualty since it was an "accident"? They ran into the bomb after all, the bomb wasn't dropped on them... I've heard this kind of thing won't be considered a war death... I hope I don't sound totally ignorant here, but I don't put it past us/US at all.

Posted by: Keri at March 15, 2004 09:05 PM