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March 16, 2006

I fully intend to rub the AP's faces in this one day

Allow me a small rant:

Iran Offers to Enter Iraq Talks With U.S. - Yahoo! News:

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran offered Thursday to enter into talks with the United States aimed at stabilizing Iraq, the first time the Islamic republic has agreed to negotiate with the superpower it calls the "Great Satan."

The offer appears to reflect the desire of at least some top Iranian officials to relieve Western pressure over Tehran's nuclear program in return for help on Iraq, which is sliding ominously toward civil war.

I'm so sick of this crap. Civil war is in no faction's interest whatsoever. Not the Kurds, not the Sunnis, who will be annihilated, not the Shi'ites. If it happens it will be largely provoked and prosecuted by the militias -- the Sopranos of the country.

We shall see, my friends in the press, we shall see.

This story was written by, "ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Associated Press Writers". Three years from now Iraq will be a peaceful, prosperous democracy, Ali. We'll see what shinola you're peddling then, and for whom . . .

Why must we all put up with this? This stuff really pisses me off.

You know, I'd really love to form a small private organization dedicated to tracing the links between al Qaeda's media committees and reporting like this . . . how many bombing photos are the result of pre-strike tips, for example? how many stories are ghost-written by local stringers? The insurgency pays on average $200 for detonating an IED. I bet the press probably pays much better for pictures of the aftermath.

We are witnessing the death of the Fourth Estate my friends, let there be no doubt about it. Spin like this might have worked back in the day, but we're all meme-wise now.

I'd love to hear Hugh Hewitt interview one of these yahoos.

Thus endeth my rant. Sorry for the interruption.

Posted by Chester at March 16, 2006 9:27 PM

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