Comments on: NPR Underreports Iraq Deaths http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/03/27/npr-underreports-iraq-deaths/ As The Media Watches The World, We Watch The Media Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:43:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: hgjhg http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/03/27/npr-underreports-iraq-deaths/#comment-13373 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 06:26:56 +0000 http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/03/27/npr-underreports-iraq-deaths/#comment-13373 If you have bought gold from others before, you may know that the deliver time of <a href="http://www.euwowgold.com/" rel="nofollow"><b>wow gold</b></a> is too long.^_^ We farm the <a href="http://www.meinwowgold.de/" rel="nofollow"><b>WOW gold</b></a> by manual, no bots, no cheats, no hacks. We have the 24*7*365 Online Support. If you have bought gold from others before, you may know that the deliver time of wow gold is too long.^_^
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]]> by: Steven Jackson http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/03/27/npr-underreports-iraq-deaths/#comment-13182 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:44:39 +0000 http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/03/27/npr-underreports-iraq-deaths/#comment-13182 I'm not surprised that NPR has under reported the number of Iraqi casualties in the war. That's been their approach all along. On the eve of the war, as I and upwards of 700,000 U.S. citizens attempted to voice our opposition to the war on the street in front of the United Nations building in New York, I thought surely the most "liberal" major news service in the country would have at least mentioned that something was happening. After all, little gray haired ladies being trampled on in the street by the NYPD mounted police would seem to be the kind of activity that people would want to know about. But when I returned home to Vermont I heard nary a word about it on ANY major radio or TV broadcast until the following Tuesday when Terry Gross featured the event on her show Fresh Air. To be fair, there was mention of public demonstrations in France, England, Spain, and Italy. but when it came to reporting the opposition here in the U.S., it was all but ignored till way after the fact. (suppressed?) While there are a number of excellent programs out of NPR, when it comes to this war, they have been negligent in their reporting. As a result, I no longer donate to NPR. They knew better. Shame on them. The good thing is that as a result of my realization that we had a serious problem with media and the press in this country I decided to get more involved in media production myself. I’m not surprised that NPR has under reported the number of Iraqi casualties in the war. That’s been their approach all along. On the eve of the war, as I and upwards of 700,000 U.S. citizens attempted to voice our opposition to the war on the street in front of the United Nations building in New York, I thought surely the most “liberal” major news service in the country would have at least mentioned that something was happening. After all, little gray haired ladies being trampled on in the street by the NYPD mounted police would seem to be the kind of activity that people would want to know about. But when I returned home to Vermont I heard nary a word about it on ANY major radio or TV broadcast until the following Tuesday when Terry Gross featured the event on her show Fresh Air. To be fair, there was mention of public demonstrations in France, England, Spain, and Italy. but when it came to reporting the opposition here in the U.S., it was all but ignored till way after the fact. (suppressed?)

While there are a number of excellent programs out of NPR, when it comes to this war, they have been negligent in their reporting. As a result, I no longer donate to NPR. They knew better. Shame on them.

The good thing is that as a result of my realization that we had a serious problem with media and the press in this country I decided to get more involved in media production myself.

]]> by: Cord;ey Coit http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/03/27/npr-underreports-iraq-deaths/#comment-13176 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:23:06 +0000 http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/03/27/npr-underreports-iraq-deaths/#comment-13176 Scott Simon and the NPR crew appear to bury the dead and are playing a number game with the bodies. As Home Simpson says "It's bad luck to play with the dead." I might add is also symptomatic of the American hubris to use the fudging of numbers to hide horror. I ask the body defiling ghouls at NPR why they dishonor the lives we have stolen? Scott Simon and the NPR crew appear to bury the dead and are playing a number game with the bodies. As Home Simpson says “It’s bad luck to play with the dead.”
I might add is also symptomatic of the American hubris to use the fudging of numbers to hide horror.
I ask the body defiling ghouls at NPR why they dishonor the lives we have stolen?

]]> by: Jackie http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/03/27/npr-underreports-iraq-deaths/#comment-13170 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:10:12 +0000 http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/03/27/npr-underreports-iraq-deaths/#comment-13170 Just another policital ploy to keep the numbers down. They know how appalled we are with the large number of deaths (now at 4,000) of our American soldiers, so to even hint at this huge number of Iraqi deaths would be outrageous. If that many Iraqis have been killed in this senseless war, just imagine how many must have been seriously injured. It is sad when you cannot depend on NPR to give correct information. Are all the media outlets being silenced these days? Why are we donating to NPR if they are reporting partisan news? Just another policital ploy to keep the numbers down. They know how appalled we are with the large number of deaths (now at 4,000) of our American soldiers, so to even hint at this huge number of Iraqi deaths would be outrageous. If that many Iraqis have been killed in this senseless war, just imagine how many must have been seriously injured. It is sad when you cannot depend on NPR to give correct information. Are all the media outlets being silenced these days? Why are we donating to NPR if they are reporting partisan news?

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