MSM Congratulates Self on Abu Ghraib
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It’s that time of the year when mainstream media congratulates itself on their good work; first, AP claims a Pulitzer Prize for terrorist-aiding photography, and now CBS takes the Peabody Award for Most Effective Enemy Propaganda:
(Hat tip: Lizard by the Bay.)
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CBS Wins Peabody for Abu Ghraib Report.
NEW YORK - CBS News won a Peabody Award on Thursday for its report on abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, a story anchored by Dan Rather and produced by Mary Mapes, who was later fired by CBS for her role in the story about President Bush’s military service. ...
The George Foster Peabody awards, for broadcasting excellence in both news and entertainment, are given by the University of Georgia. Thirty-two awards will be handed out at the ceremony May 16.
The controversy over CBS’s discredited story about Bush’s National Guard service played no part in the judges’ determination that the Abu Ghraib report on “60 Minutes II” deserved honor, said Horace Newcomb, Peabody Awards director.
“We feel that this story stood on its own merit,” Newcomb said. “It was really an important moment in television this year.”
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Sure. Let’s just forget that the same people were caught in a monumental lie, attempting to tilt a presidential election, and reward for them for what they did get right—handing the enemy the biggest propaganda windfall they could possibly have asked for, and then hysterically overhyping the story to the point of sheer absurdity. Excellent work, CBS.
UPDATE at 4/7/05 9:17:56 am:
P.S. Mandatory disclaimer that must follow every attempt to point out the absurd media overreaction to this story: the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib was disgraceful, criminal, wrong, stupid, etc.
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