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To: stockman_scott who wrote (103842)	7/2/2003 1:51:51 PM
From: michael97123	Respond to of 281500

"IN A most audacious attack on American troops, an Iraqi fired a rocket-propelled grenade from the sunroof of a Chevrolet car at a passing patrol yesterday, incinerating one of the army vehicles and seriously wounding four of those travelling in the convoy...... However, yesterday’s attack in northern Baghdad was reckless and inventive, and is an alarming demonstration of how organised and determined the Iraqi resistance is becoming." Really Scott. A gang related attack in LA is what this should be compared to. Al Quaeda gets the genius rating for attacking airline crews with plastic knives and now driving a chevy and opening up the sunroof is a sign of brilliance to SS and his merry band of yellow journalists. If it werent so sad that so many fall for this bull, it would be laughable. mike

To: stockman_scott who wrote (103842)	7/2/2003 8:31:00 PM
From: Dennis O'Bell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

What is worrying is that in suburbs such as al-Mustansiriya, a moderate, middle class enclave of academics and businessmen, there was little apparent sympathy for the victims. Try having a heart attack on a NYC subway platform, or Paris Metro platform and see how much sympathy there is (particularly if you're black....) Articles like this should be used as case studies in high school on reporting spin. Another reporter would no doubt have reported the same incident and it would sound like a completely different event. They actually teach kids in French lycees how to read through news media reporting, and it really is a good exercise to undertake. Much like the well known black and white picture of a dalmatian on a background of what may be snow... at first it doesn't look like anything, but once "seen", it leaps out at you and you never see it again without instantly seeing the dog in the picture. Biased reporting is exactly the same, whichever side of the spectrum it comes from. Apart from that, bothering with such reporting is a total waste of my time, and I do not waste others posting such stuff.