Posts Tagged ‘Media’

Leaked war logs evidence that Afghanistan is the new Viet Nam

The blogosphere, and even mainstream media are having a field day with the release on Wikileaks of thousands of reports and logs of military operations in Afghanistan. Apparently some journalists got a first look at the leaked info before it was published, so they could get the scoop, according to this report on Democracy Now. […]


Public Opinion surrounding Middle East affairs tightly controlled by our media overlords

Octavia Nasr, senior mideast editor for CNN, was recently summarily fired for writing positive words about one of Hezbollah’s leaders, the recently passed Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah. Mrs Nasr Twittered her respectful sentiments after the Sheik’s passing, and this caused her to be fired after 20 years of tenure at CNN. Hezbollah has been portrayed […]