"I'm furious that we are doing so many good things, in
so many places, and yet, when a few really bad eggs in the
basket pollute their nest, and ours, all the good we have
been doing is forgotten."
I find it interesting that this abuse of prisoners story
has already received far more media attention than the sum
total of media time spent reporting all the good things we
have done in Iraq in the last year.
The prison abuse story will likely receive more media
attention by the end of the month than all of the time
they spent reporting on Saddam's massive genocidal
atrocities, the rape, torture & horrific slaughter of many
hundreds of thousands since 1979.
Here's a few questions I'd like to see asked of each of
the journalists who are now falling all over themselves to
report about the prison abuse scandal (on a global
scale).....
Precisely what type of coverage have each of you given to
Saddam for his serious human rights abuses against POW's,
prisoners &/or innocent civilians over the years?
How much time & effort was spent covering it?
How were those reports framed?
How many of these reports were Headline news & how many
were given secondary or tertiary treatment?
Did Saddam, the Taliban or any terrorist group ever openly
admit to or transparently investigate, then punish anyone
for the human rights abuses they committed?
These same (relevant) questions should be asked about;
- How Coalition prisoners have been treated in Iraq & Afghanistan,
- The progress in Iraq in the last year,
- The Oil-for-Food scandal,
- The Taliban's human rights abuses & their support for Al Qaeda
- The progress in Afghanistan in the last two years,
- The UN's role/success in preventing human rights abuses since its inception,
- The human rights abuses of Al Qaeda, Hamas, Hizballah, etc.,
- The human rights abuses in the ME & their support for terrorist organizations,
- The genocide in Rwanda,
- The genocide in Sudan,
- etc., etc., etc.
Then consider the scale of real damage of each from these
stories compared to what we know about the prison abuse
story. Sure we should be held to a higher standard, but is
the vast coverage difference anywhere near appropriate? |
