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Maria Amor’s Media/Press Appreciation and Launching of Exotifit TV, Jan. 29, 2011

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SKYLER JETT - Pop [Jazz] Electronic Press Kits - myPPK Power Press Kits

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Talking Golden Globes with the HFPA's Mr. Universe

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John Burns' "Ministering Angels" and "Liberators" - Glenn Greenwald

In this week's New Yorker, Peter Maass -- who was in Iraq covering the war at the time -- examines the iconic, manufactured toppling of the Saddam statue in Baghdad's Firdos Square, an event the American media relentlessly exploited in April, 2003, to propagandize citizens into believing that Iraqis were gleeful over the U.S. invasion and that the war was a smashing success. Acknowledging that the episode demonstrated that American troops had taken over the center of Baghdad, Maas nonetheless explains that "everything else the toppling was said to represent during repeated replays on television -- victory for America, the end of the war, joy throughout Iraq -- was a disservice to the truth."

Working jointly with ProPublica on this investigation, Maass describes the hidden, indispensable role the U.S. military played in that event -- which has long been known -- though he convincingly argues that the primary culprit in this propaganda effort was the Americans media. That is who did more than anyone to wildly distort this event. As usual, the Watchdog Press not only happily ingests and trumpets pro-government propaganda, but does so even more enthusiastically and uncritically than government spokespeople themselves.

The reason there's so little government censorship of the press in America is because it's totally unnecessary; why would the government even want to censor a media this compliant and subservient? Recall the derision heaped upon the media even by Bush's own former Press Secretary, Scott McClellan, for being "too deferential" to administration propaganda. As soon as an entity emerges that provides genuinely adversarial coverage of the U.S. Government -- such as WikiLeaks, whistleblowers, or isolated articles exposing its malfeasance -- the repressive measures come fast and furious. But in general, it's no more necessary for the U.S. Government to censor the American media than it would be for Barack Obama to try to silence Robert Gibbs.

In describing the military-subservient mentality that dominated how most American establishment reporters covered the Saddam-statue incident, Maass includes these highly revealing anecdotes, including one about The New York Times' lead war correspondent, John Burns:

> The media have been criticized for accepting the Bush Administration’s claims, in the
> run-up to the invasion, that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. The W.M.D.
> myth, and the media’s embrace of it, encouraged public support for war. The media
> also failed at Firdos Square, but in this case it was the media, rather than the
> government, that created the victory myth.

> One of the first TV reporters to broadcast from Firdos was David Chater, a
> correspondent for Sky News, the British satellite channel whose feed from Baghdad
> was carried by Fox News. (Both channels are owned by News Corp.) Before the
> marines arrived, Chater had believed, as many journalists did, that his life was at risk
> from American shells, Iraqi thugs, and looting mobs.

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http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2011/01/04/burns/index.htmlIn this week's New Yorker, Peter Maass -- who was in Iraq covering the war at the... more

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Exclusive: Reuters Chief Spikes Story on Killing of His Own Staffers In Baghdad

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Laundry Sorting 101

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15-year-old girl fights off attacker and he tries to break in again - NYPOST.com

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Christmas Time Already Open Your Hearts Celebrity Robin Ariel Ross St Claire Holgate Already Has

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Even Sick Celebrity Robin Ariel Ross St Claire Holgate Can Still Rock out the Country Music

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Brad Childress Press Conference, worst officiated game, he said

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World Cup 2018 vote claims 'will not hurt England'

Claims of bribery hit Fifa after the Sunday Times video taped two officials voting on... more

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The decline of Italy

The last criticism on the Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi from the foreign press... more

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Wayne Rooney's game is hurting in media glare, says Sir Alex Ferguson

Sir Alex Ferguson has placed the media attention on the 24 year old's private... more

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Third Generation Journalist: Vanguard's Christof Putzel

Correspondent Christof Putzel has journalism in his blood -- his grandfather, mother... more

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The Times: New rules to curb use of ’super-injunctions’ against the media

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THE POLITICUS Teaser 30 Second Spot

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The New N-Word

National black conservative press conference: Bob Parks

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Have you seen his sign over the LIE? Newsday Appoints Gaffney Dictator

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