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Scott Hedrick wrote:
I recently had the opportunity to meet someone just back from Iraq. He makes
it clear that the media is lying to the American public- the Iraqis are
*grateful* for our presence...

Others just back from Iraq tell very different stories. It's unwise to
rely too heavily on a single report, even (perhaps especially) if it is
telling you what you want to hear. Iraq is a sizable country and any
particular soldier is seeing only a very small piece of it.

In the same vein, it is no secret that the US media generally do a lousy
job and have serious tunnel vision. At least a partial answer to that is
not to rely exclusively on *US* media. For example, read The Economist
rather than Time Magazine (not only is it British rather than American,
it's also a whole lot better).
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No, the devil isn't in the details. | Henry Spencer
The devil is in the *assumptions*. |