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To: michael97123 who wrote (8136)	6/13/2006 7:04:33 PM
From: GROUND ZERO™	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14758

Oh, so you do speak... I thought you were dumb... well, actually, you are dumb... you know, I do have a life already, a very prosperous and full one, lots of friends and family who love me... is that what you're missing? Obviously, you are... a pity on you... So long, sap... GZ

To: michael97123 who wrote (8136)	6/14/2006 5:29:00 AM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 14758

Mainstream Media Disgrace of the Month: Hadji Girl Charles Johnson Little Green Footballs We’ve been watching this develop, as earlier today the Council on American Islamic Relations sent out one of their infamous email alerts about an amateur music video of a song about a Marine lured into an ambush by a “Hadji girl.” At this point there’s no verification that the singer is a Marine, although it looks authentic. And now, right on cue, mainstream media is parroting the completely bogus claims of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR). The Associated Press version: "Video on Marine killing Iraqis draws ire." The BBC version: "‘Kill Iraqis marine song’ probe." Both of these accounts repeat CAIR’s blatant falsehood, that the song in the video tells a story about a Marine killing Iraqi civilians. It does not. The BBC’s version: <<< The lyrics caught on video refer to the shooting of Iraqi civilians, especially children. >>> True, but incomplete. And the part they leave out is damning: the lyrics refer to killings of children by Iraqi insurgents. Not by Marines. Both the BBC and the AP seem to have missed this minor detail. Imagine that. The BBC goes on: <<< The four-minute song includes graphic descriptions of killings, real or imagined. >>> The horror! We would never want anyone — let alone soldiers on a battlefield — to hear such things. Except of course in every movie made for the last ten years. <<< Dressed in a green T-shirt and military style trousers and boots, a man sings: “I grabbed her little sister and put her in front of me.” “As the bullets began to fly, the blood sprayed from between her eyes, and then I laughed maniacally.” >>> This description appears in both the BBC and the AP, and again, to paint their distorted, ugly picture, they leave out the most important part: the people who kill the “little sister” in this darkly humorous song are — not the Marines — but her father and brother, as they attempt to perpetrate an ambush. The mainstream media have really gone too far this time in their smarmy rush to smear US troops, because their vile claims, based on information fed to them by an Islamist front group, can be checked. Here’s the video in question, for the record, so these lies don’t stand unrefuted: youtube.com UPDATE at 6/13/06 6:25:13 pm: Aaarrrgggghhh. CAIR: Pentagon Calls Online Song ‘Insensitive,’ ‘Inappropriate’; Music Video ‘Contrary to the High Standards Expected of All Marines’. littlegreenfootballs.com littlegreenfootballs.com news.yahoo.com news.bbc.co.uk news.yahoo.com insensitive____inappropriate___music_video__contrary_to_the_high_standards_expected_of_all_ma

To: michael97123 who wrote (8136)	6/14/2006 5:39:33 AM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 14758

Journalistic malpractice continues... A Poll Autopsy - How CBS Manufactures Its Own Evidence By: DJ Drummond Wizbang Politics CBS News released a poll this morning, claiming a 2-point drop for President Bush's Approval numbers even after the death of the vicious terrorist Musab Zarqawi. It seems the "Fake But Accurate" meme is still hard at work at the Tiffany Network. These numbers are so out of line when compared to the other available polls, that I was immediately suspicious. Also, CBS only polled "adults", not even asking for registered voters. Further, the respondent pool only numbers 659 adults, significantly below the threshold for satisfactory credibility in a national poll. The poll was taken June 10th and 11th, not even the full weekend. CBS does not verify that its "nationwide" poll made any effort to reach a representative cross-section by geography or age or race; no reference is made to the demographic characteristics of the respondent pool., which casts strong doubt on the methodology used in this poll. The collective impact is the creation of a hit piece, especially when the internal data from this poll, or rather its lack, is compared to previous polls in which CBS took part. The one demographic cited by CBS is that they counted 196 self-identified Republicans in the poll, against 244 self-identified Democrats and 219 self-identified Independents. CBS re-weighted the poll to count only 192 Republicans, against 236 Democrats and 231 Independents, or - 29.1% Republican, - 35.8% Democrat, and - 35.1% Independent. This is a deliberate skewing of party representation, invalid in the face of the 2000 Census, exit polls from either the 2002 or 2004 Federal elections, and common sense in the fact that Republicans are the majority party in both houses of Congress. politics.wizbangblog.com cbsnews.com cbsnews.com