Wednesday January 16, 2008, 3:45 am
OpEdNews

Original Content at http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_cheri_ro_080115_calling_it_like_it_i.htm


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January 16, 2008

Calling It Like It Is. Lies. Spin. Deception.

By Cheri Roberts


Today’s Yahoo headline says voters are more worried about the economy then the Iraq war and goes on to claim,

“Reduced violence in Baghdad has made Iraq seem a less pressing concern to many US voters.”

“Many US voters”…not most US voters, not the majority of US voters, just “many”. How many is “many”, and where did that come from that it can be stated as fact in a headline news story?

The only source I find in it is this,

“A CNN New Hampshire exit poll found that 97 percent of Democrats and 80 percent of Republicans expressed anxiety about the economy.”

The writer does not say what the poll question is or what the choices are nor does the writer link to the poll for the reader to see for himself or herself what the parameters are. It is a state poll not a US poll, but readers won’t notice beyond the headline that “Many US voters…”

This is exactly the sort of ownership the mainstream media has over the population.

I pose the question,

How does this compute to news? And, why wouldn’t the writer connect the economic dots to show how the economy woes are in direct relation to the war?






Authors Website: www.unitedfor911truth.com www.peopleshouse.us

Authors Bio: C Piper, Aka Cheri Roberts, lil…is a longtime activist and writer who has worked in mixed media for 15 yrs. With 911 Truth as her primary focus, she participates in and organizes for events both locally and nationally always striving to get people out of their chairs and in the streets. She believes the biggest strength of the 911 Truth movement is the one strength they have yet to embrace, unity.

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Wednesday January 23, 2008, 4:27 pm
All That Money

It gets more expensive every year.

War funding, which averaged about $93 billion a year from 2003 through 2005, rose to $120 billion in 2006 and $171 billion in 2007 and President George W. Bush has asked for $193 billion in 2008, the nonpartisan office wrote.



Good thing we have those fiscally responsible Blue Dogs to...oh wait, never mind.

-Atrios 17:47