Comments on: Getting The News From The Enemy http://www.floppingaces.net/2006/11/25/getting-the-news-from-the-enem/ Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:30:12 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Flopping Aces » Blog Archive » Who Is Qais al-Bashir? http://www.floppingaces.net/2006/11/25/getting-the-news-from-the-enem/#comment-32531 Flopping Aces » Blog Archive » Who Is Qais al-Bashir? Mon, 31 Mar 2008 05:03:40 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/2006/11/25/getting-the-news-from-the-enemy/#comment-32531 [...] Enemy series was at one time a source for various AP stories until the Iraqi government issued a warrant for his arrest: (via Centcom) Of note, we definitely know that one IP spokesman - Lt. Maithem Abdul Razzaq of the [...] [...] Enemy series was at one time a source for various AP stories until the Iraqi government issued a warrant for his arrest: (via Centcom) Of note, we definitely know that one IP spokesman – Lt. Maithem Abdul Razzaq of the [...]

]]> By: The Coffeespy http://www.floppingaces.net/2006/11/25/getting-the-news-from-the-enem/#comment-1924 The Coffeespy Fri, 08 Dec 2006 22:26:31 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/2006/11/25/getting-the-news-from-the-enemy/#comment-1924 <strong>Second Amendment Assault</strong> Glenn Reynolds brings attention to another Second Amendment challenge, this time it could be for the whole ball o’ wax.  I highly recommend the Instapundits rather lengthy and wholly cerebral article on the Second Amendment. There are some simpl... Second Amendment Assault

Glenn Reynolds brings attention to another Second Amendment challenge, this time it could be for the whole ball o’ wax.  I highly recommend the Instapundits rather lengthy and wholly cerebral article on the Second Amendment.
There are some simpl…

]]> By: John Krogstad http://www.floppingaces.net/2006/11/25/getting-the-news-from-the-enem/#comment-1920 John Krogstad Sun, 03 Dec 2006 18:15:29 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/2006/11/25/getting-the-news-from-the-enemy/#comment-1920 <a href="http://news.bostonherald.com/columnists/view.bg?articleid=170263&format=email" rel="nofollow">http://news.bostonherald.com/columnists/view.bg?articleid=170263&format=email</a> Say no to AP’s shoddy work By Jules Crittenden Boston Herald City Editor Sunday, December 3, 2006 - Updated: 02:46 AM EST http://news.bostonherald.com/columnists/view.bg?articleid=170263&format=email

Say no to AP’s shoddy work
By Jules Crittenden
Boston Herald City Editor
Sunday, December 3, 2006 – Updated: 02:46 AM EST

]]> By: ShrinkWrapped http://www.floppingaces.net/2006/11/25/getting-the-news-from-the-enem/#comment-1923 ShrinkWrapped Sat, 02 Dec 2006 20:50:28 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/2006/11/25/getting-the-news-from-the-enemy/#comment-1923 <strong>The Council Has Spoken:</strong> The winning Council Post this week was by Freedom Fighter at Joshua Pundit. In his post Genocide? What Genocide? he marvels at the ability of murderers and their enablers to find ways to blame others for the evil they countenance. The Council Has Spoken:

The winning Council Post this week was by Freedom Fighter at Joshua Pundit. In his post Genocide? What Genocide? he marvels at the ability of murderers and their enablers to find ways to blame others for the evil they countenance.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.floppingaces.net/2006/11/25/getting-the-news-from-the-enem/#comment-1922 Anonymous Fri, 01 Dec 2006 21:23:19 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/2006/11/25/getting-the-news-from-the-enemy/#comment-1922 <strong>BLACKFIVE</strong> <strong>MSM Falls for Iraqi Stringer Lies?...</strong> Flopping Aces has been following the story that the MSM has been publishing about Sunnis dragged from a mosque, doused with kerosene, and burned alive...among other reports of atrocities and mosque burning. Curt at Flopping Aces has been asking questio... BLACKFIVE

MSM Falls for Iraqi Stringer Lies?…

Flopping Aces has been following the story that the MSM has been publishing about Sunnis dragged from a mosque, doused with kerosene, and burned alive…among other reports of atrocities and mosque burning. Curt at Flopping Aces has been asking questio…

]]> By: Red http://www.floppingaces.net/2006/11/25/getting-the-news-from-the-enem/#comment-1912 Red Fri, 01 Dec 2006 21:23:18 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/2006/11/25/getting-the-news-from-the-enemy/#comment-1912 As a former journalist (20 years ago), I believe the problem lies with who decides to become a journalist. Many people jump in and get caught up in the adrenaline rush that goes with the pursuit of a story and the deadline. I have observed that humans usually don't develope the wisdom to fight emotional impulses and discern between what is real and what feels real in their early twenties. So young, impulsive, perhaps well-meaning, certainly agressive people are jumping into the machine and being sucked down the path of least resistance--emotive rather than reasoned reporting. They want to present the story in the most sensational manner possible because that will get them read and that gets them better assignments and sells ad time and it provides a grand rush. Factor in the lack of intellectual integrity and you have yourself a person running around writing stories designed to tell the story they are most interested in telling while calling themselves journalists and getting a paycheck for it. As a former journalist (20 years ago), I believe the problem lies with who decides to become a journalist. Many people jump in and get caught up in the adrenaline rush that goes with the pursuit of a story and the deadline. I have observed that humans usually don’t develope the wisdom to fight emotional impulses and discern between what is real and what feels real in their early twenties. So young, impulsive, perhaps well-meaning, certainly agressive people are jumping into the machine and being sucked down the path of least resistance–emotive rather than reasoned reporting. They want to present the story in the most sensational manner possible because that will get them read and that gets them better assignments and sells ad time and it provides a grand rush. Factor in the lack of intellectual integrity and you have yourself a person running around writing stories designed to tell the story they are most interested in telling while calling themselves journalists and getting a paycheck for it.

]]> By: Curt http://www.floppingaces.net/2006/11/25/getting-the-news-from-the-enem/#comment-1913 Curt Fri, 01 Dec 2006 21:23:18 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/2006/11/25/getting-the-news-from-the-enemy/#comment-1913 <blockquote>Iraq is not a particularly safe place to be. </blockquote> Neither is Los Angeles or New York but the over-hyping of the violence in Iraq is done for one reason and one reason only....to ensure we lose. The MSM buys into the Sunni insurgent stories, stories made up to get the American public upset, and then prints them as fact when nothing could be further from the truth. There is alot of good things going on in Iraq and much of the country is indeed safe. But when you get our MSM teaming up with our enemies to produce stories such as this one then be assured, we will never hear any of the good.

Iraq is not a particularly safe place to be.

Neither is Los Angeles or New York but the over-hyping of the violence in Iraq is done for one reason and one reason only….to ensure we lose.

The MSM buys into the Sunni insurgent stories, stories made up to get the American public upset, and then prints them as fact when nothing could be further from the truth. There is alot of good things going on in Iraq and much of the country is indeed safe. But when you get our MSM teaming up with our enemies to produce stories such as this one then be assured, we will never hear any of the good.

]]> By: RandyB http://www.floppingaces.net/2006/11/25/getting-the-news-from-the-enem/#comment-1914 RandyB Fri, 01 Dec 2006 21:23:18 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/2006/11/25/getting-the-news-from-the-enemy/#comment-1914 Just for kicks, I checked one of Jamil Hussein's stories against the IraqBodyCount.net agitprop website. The item I checked is the one (above) that reads, "He said 11 people were killed, but Al-Yarmouk hospital reported receiving only two bodies from a shooting." Sure enough, it's in there with 2 min and 11 max, at incident code k3186. Just for kicks, I checked one of Jamil Hussein’s stories against the IraqBodyCount.net… agitprop website.

The item I checked is the one (above) that reads, “He said 11 people were killed, but Al-Yarmouk hospital reported receiving only two bodies from a shooting.”

Sure enough, it’s in there with 2 min and 11 max, at incident code k3186.

]]> By: popsiq http://www.floppingaces.net/2006/11/25/getting-the-news-from-the-enem/#comment-1915 popsiq Fri, 01 Dec 2006 21:23:18 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/2006/11/25/getting-the-news-from-the-enemy/#comment-1915 That's quite a bit of sleuthing you've done. It's not surprising that some news gets 'hyped'. Sad to say it doesn't all get hyped. And even the 'good' news isn't of substance enough to deserve a 'hyping'. Iraq is not a particularly safe place to be. Whether its one a day, or a hundred - it's like alcoholism - not so much in the quantity as in the deadening regularity. Killing's become a bad habit there. It would be great if there were at least half as much good news. That’s quite a bit of sleuthing you’ve done. It’s not surprising that some news gets ‘hyped’.

Sad to say it doesn’t all get hyped. And even the ‘good’ news isn’t of substance enough to deserve a ‘hyping’.

Iraq is not a particularly safe place to be. Whether its one a day, or a hundred – it’s like alcoholism – not so much in the quantity as in the deadening regularity. Killing’s become a bad habit there.

It would be great if there were at least half as much good news.

]]> By: ph http://www.floppingaces.net/2006/11/25/getting-the-news-from-the-enem/#comment-1916 ph Fri, 01 Dec 2006 21:23:18 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/2006/11/25/getting-the-news-from-the-enemy/#comment-1916 I think I found a little more info about Capt. Jamil Hussein. In a 6/5/2005 AP article titled "Kidnappers Challenge New Iraq Government", Kim Gamel writes that Hussein is from the al-Yarmouk police station. Here is the paragraph in question: <blockquote>According to Capt. Jamil Hussein of the al-Yarmouk police station, gunmen opened fire on a minibus in Dora's predominantly Sunni Arab Mahdiya neighborhood. He said 11 people were killed, but Al-Yarmouk hospital reported receiving only two bodies from a shooting. It was unclear if the victims were Sunni or Shiite. There was no one available at Baghdad's main morgue to confirm if it had received any bodies.</blockquote> I think I found a little more info about Capt. Jamil Hussein. In a 6/5/2005 AP article titled “Kidnappers Challenge New Iraq Government”, Kim Gamel writes that Hussein is from the al-Yarmouk police station. Here is the paragraph in question:

According to Capt. Jamil Hussein of the al-Yarmouk police station, gunmen opened fire on a minibus in Dora’s predominantly Sunni Arab Mahdiya neighborhood. He said 11 people were killed, but Al-Yarmouk hospital reported receiving only two bodies from a shooting. It was unclear if the victims were Sunni or Shiite. There was no one available at Baghdad’s main morgue to confirm if it had received any bodies.

]]> By: bob http://www.floppingaces.net/2006/11/25/getting-the-news-from-the-enem/#comment-1917 bob Fri, 01 Dec 2006 21:23:18 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/2006/11/25/getting-the-news-from-the-enemy/#comment-1917 Curt, I believe these people do want us to lose. Thanks for uncovering this and detailing it in a thorough manner! <a href="http://sandinthehourglass.blogspot.com/2006/11/msm-aiding-and-abetting.html" rel="nofollow">Bob</a> Curt,

I believe these people do want us to lose. Thanks for uncovering this and detailing it in a thorough manner!

Bob

]]> By: Skye http://www.floppingaces.net/2006/11/25/getting-the-news-from-the-enem/#comment-1918 Skye Fri, 01 Dec 2006 21:23:18 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/2006/11/25/getting-the-news-from-the-enemy/#comment-1918 Bravo Curt! It is a shame journalists aren't as thorough in vetting their information - or perhaps that is intentional? Bravo Curt!

It is a shame journalists aren’t as thorough in vetting their information – or perhaps that is intentional?

]]> By: Wordsmith http://www.floppingaces.net/2006/11/25/getting-the-news-from-the-enem/#comment-1919 Wordsmith Fri, 01 Dec 2006 21:23:18 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/2006/11/25/getting-the-news-from-the-enemy/#comment-1919 Keep it up, Curt! MSM can't keep getting away with selling bias and gossip to the people and calling it straight news and facts. Keep it up, Curt! MSM can’t keep getting away with selling bias and gossip to the people and calling it straight news and facts.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.floppingaces.net/2006/11/25/getting-the-news-from-the-enem/#comment-1921 Anonymous Fri, 01 Dec 2006 21:23:18 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/2006/11/25/getting-the-news-from-the-enemy/#comment-1921 <strong>snapped shot</strong> <strong>Hezbullah's Blatant Manipulation of the Press...</strong> Okay, so for weeks we've heard that Hezbullah will be out in the streets en force today, to protest the "pro-Western" Lebanese government and otherwise make life miserable for those opposed to Syria's puppet reign. Now that photographs are pouri... snapped shot

Hezbullah’s Blatant Manipulation of the Press…

Okay, so for weeks we’ve heard that Hezbullah will be out in the streets en force today, to protest the “pro-Western” Lebanese government and otherwise make life miserable for those opposed to Syria’s puppet reign.

Now that photographs are pouri…

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