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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Dennis O'Bell who wrote (131290)5/4/2004 2:57:05 AM
From: cnyndwllr  Read Replies (3) of 281500
 
Dennis O'Bell, re: "endless posts gleefully spamming SI with every minor setback in whatever is going on in Iraq. Journalists have long since run out of synonyms in their well worn Roget's. Quagmire, Spiraling Out Of Control, Cycle of Violence, Growing Concern..."

I get weary of all the hawkish rhetoric about how the press is spreading "bad" news.

I'd be happy to hear a more accurate description of the trend in Iraq. What would you term it?

Would you use "going swimmingly" versus "quagmire?"

Would you use "moving in the right direction" as opposed to "spiraling out of control?"

Would you use "the growing stability" versus "cycle of violence?"

Would you use "growing confidence" as opposed to "growing concern?"

I'd like to hear the words you'd use to describe it. Are you upset with bad reporting or are you upset with the accurate reporting of bad news?
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