In this case, you can mourn the loss of the idea that the American media are, you know, pro-American even under a Republican administration, while blaming the reporters who seem to be working for an American defeat.
I'll accept that. I thought of it, too, actually, but I didn't want to complicate things with too much nuance. You know how the thread feels about that. <g>
Still, singling out the media for blame for the defeat, if that's what it turns out to be, is not objective.
...95% of world media, including our own, who are all rooting for an American defeat.
Nadine, asserting that there are more than a handful of people in this country who are rooting for an American defeat is way, way over the top, far enough over the top to be called scapegoating. If it comes down to defeat, there will be a few key causes and a number of contributing causes. The play of the media might reasonably end up as one of many contributing causes. It will not be THE cause. And the media sure won't be on the list because they're loaded with anti-Americans. At worst there are some who are anti-war or anti-Bush but that's not the same thing.
I have no doubt that the identification of scapegoats will be step in the developing process that I started this colloguy by asserting. |
