Last Tuesday evening, a friend of mine said he was going to watch Aaron Brown's show Newsnight. Well, I think this is a pitiful waste of time, but maybe other people have more time to waste than I do. But, I didn't want my friend to go through life uninformed, so I did go read Brown's transcripts and did an analysis. This is from his March 8, 2005 show. I quit watching in in June 2003.
There was a fair amount of baloney on Clinton's surgery, with extra strength baloney on the psychological effects of surgery, and then more baloney on Clinton. Brown reported on crime in France, and commented on the recent shooting of an Italian secret service agent in Iraq. He said that the Italians were at a checkpoint, which is not what the Italians say at all. (If it was a checkpoint, it surely was poorly marked! Someone in the Italian secret service who has been in Iraq for months should be able to recognize a US checkpoint, I would think.) Brown went on to say "no one has an accurate account". And on Brown's show, no one has any non- US military account either. Those accounts don't exist in CNN world.
Brown then went on to say there were "tens of thousands of protestors" in Lebanon on March 8, 2005. The accurate number would be 500,000 to 1,000,000 protestors. As usual for Newsnight, there was no background for this story, and absolutely no quotes from anyone who was Lebanese. No, only American voices and interpretations exist in this special reality.
Then my favorite story of the day: Romance in the office!!! Brown has discovered that people who work together will, on occasion, be attracted to each other.... and sometimes they act on their feelings! What a surprise! How did we live without knowing this news item!! The only unanswered question is: does this reflect Brown's obsession with sex, or American society's obsession? Stay tuned, I'm sure he will do further updates on this breaking story.
Then there was a story on a lost camera in the tsunami, and the "remarkable" search for truth to find the owner's kin. This was of national importance, I guess..... not.
During the break, a CNN "reporter" did some short reports on various items. There was exactly one more sentence on the bombing in Baghdad than there was on the Michael Jackson story. Yep, at CNN celebrity crime is on nearly the same level as the entire country of Iraq.
Then Brown did a story on the life of Anne Frank. I wonder if he has noticed that there are current-day Anne Franks writing in Iraq??? No??? What does Iraq have to do with anything???
Well, in light of the fact that we are occupying Iraq with about 138,000 US troops and supposedly bringing them "freedom and democracy" via bullets and bombs.... maybe it is a news item? Or maybe it should be? Or am I just being sentimental here?
Well, here's what happened in Iraq on March 8, 2005, per the Today In Iraq website (these are all separate incidents, and I'm sure this is only a partial listing. Incidents with injuries only or no injuries are not counted):
- 2 Iraqi soldiers and 13 civilians killed in Balad
- 5 Iraqi soldiers killed in al Muadujah
- 1 Iraqi solder killed in Baghdad
- 2 Iraqi soldiers and 2 civilians killed in Baquba
- 1 Iraqi civilian killed in Qaim
- 1 Iraqi civilian killed in Tuz
- 2 Iraqi police killed in Baghdad
- 2 Iraqi civilians killed in Baghdad
- 1 insurgent killed by US troops in Mosul
- 2 insurgents killed by US troops in Ramadi
- 2 insurgents killed in ad Duja
- 1 civilian official killed in Baghdad
- 2 civilians killed in Salmon Park
- 1 civilian official killed in Baghdad
- 1 civilian official killed in Mosul
- 5 Bechtel employees abducted
- 60 insurgents arrested in Haswa
Well, that's all the incidents for the quiet little country called IRAQ. But there was also a report from the UN saying that 90 sites of unconventional arms material was looted in Iraq. There was a report on overcrowding at Abu Ghraib, and that the US may pull out of there,due to attacks. Another report from a US Army Historian that the US lost dominance in Iraq by July 2003. Electrical output in Iraq is about 1/2 of demand. None of this on Brown's show.
On the home front, Knight Ridder did extensive report on problems with the VA, and there were reports of recruitment difficulties. And the "signature wound" of this war will likely be TBI... Traumatic Brian Injury. The Pentagon also reportedly told suppliers in April 2003 that they had all the bullet proof vests they needed.... but changed their minds in May 2003.
But hey, we know about sex in the office and the diary of Anne Frank and a found camera in the tsunami tragedy.
Watching CNN will make you STOOOOPID.
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