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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 289807" data-attributes="member: 2189"><p>Traveler,</p><p> </p><p>It's funny how we see the same thing from different perspectives. I don't see the media reporting all that much on Iraq these days. Yeah, there is the occassional event they may report and true, it's probably bad news so to speak. I actually take the lack of news as a good sign that things are going well and calming down. Remember the nightly news a couple of years back when things were really hot? </p><p> </p><p>I mean, even on the campaign trail, Iraq is a backseat issue because it is so quite and US domestic issues like economy. healthcare, etc. seem to me more the frontseat issues. You know the democratic candidates would love a good Iraq falling out right now but it's not there. </p><p> </p><p>OK, so the media reports a few bad events in Iraq but compare that to your local news. Bad car wreck, a rape, bank robbery or murder, bad fire, etc. but did they report a group of neighbors got together and rebuilt the falling apart house of a poor elderly woman who has no one to help her? That stuff happens every day across the fruited plains of this country and yet it's the rare exception it get's reported. We'll rubberneck a bad carwreck all day long but we'll ride by completely obilvious to that house being fixed up and helping out an old lady.</p><p> </p><p>Based on that little factoid of human nature, what would you report on if you were the lead editor of the news crew? Maybe instead of blaming the media as we all are quick to do when the time is right, maybe we should step in front of a mirror and judge ourselves first. Maybe in there lies the real root of the problem.</p><p> </p><p>As for Iraq, I still disagree with the whole policy that led us there but I take a bit of ignorant bliss in that no news is good news!</p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/wink.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":wink2:" title="Wink :wink2:" data-shortname=":wink2:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 289807, member: 2189"] Traveler, It's funny how we see the same thing from different perspectives. I don't see the media reporting all that much on Iraq these days. Yeah, there is the occassional event they may report and true, it's probably bad news so to speak. I actually take the lack of news as a good sign that things are going well and calming down. Remember the nightly news a couple of years back when things were really hot? I mean, even on the campaign trail, Iraq is a backseat issue because it is so quite and US domestic issues like economy. healthcare, etc. seem to me more the frontseat issues. You know the democratic candidates would love a good Iraq falling out right now but it's not there. OK, so the media reports a few bad events in Iraq but compare that to your local news. Bad car wreck, a rape, bank robbery or murder, bad fire, etc. but did they report a group of neighbors got together and rebuilt the falling apart house of a poor elderly woman who has no one to help her? That stuff happens every day across the fruited plains of this country and yet it's the rare exception it get's reported. We'll rubberneck a bad carwreck all day long but we'll ride by completely obilvious to that house being fixed up and helping out an old lady. Based on that little factoid of human nature, what would you report on if you were the lead editor of the news crew? Maybe instead of blaming the media as we all are quick to do when the time is right, maybe we should step in front of a mirror and judge ourselves first. Maybe in there lies the real root of the problem. As for Iraq, I still disagree with the whole policy that led us there but I take a bit of ignorant bliss in that no news is good news! :wink2: [/QUOTE]
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