The Good News From Iraq
AIM, Accuracy In Media ^ | May 22, 2006 | By Cliff Kincaid and Roger Aronoff
 

The Good News From Iraq

By Cliff Kincaid and Roger Aronoff | May 22, 2006

Not only is progress being made in Iraq but there's hard evidence that the terrorists are desperate. President Bush on Sunday hailed the formation of a unity government in Iraq, making the announcement in person so that at least some of the media covering the White House would be forced to pay attention to it. This is good news, of course, and there is much more good news out of Iraq. But there's no counting out the terrorists, who can always depend on the media to make them seem more formidable than they actually are. In this battle, one thing is clear: America must be able to neutralize the pernicious influence of Al-Jazeera, the Arabic TV channel that now wants to expand into U.S. and Western media markets with an English-language broadcast.
 

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