Iraq bishop says media distorts coverage to discredit US-led war

[darrels joy]

Iraq bishop says media distorts coverage to discredit US-led war


An Iraqi Catholic bishop has accused Western media of lying about the postwar state of his country.

Auxiliary Bishop Andraos Abouna of Baghdad said he believed media were running a propaganda campaign to discredit the American-led coalition that ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and now runs Iraq.

Bishop Abouna, a Chaldean Catholic, told the Catholic Herald in London that the situation in Iraq is steadily improving rather than descending into a morass resembling the Vietnam War, as often depicted by media outlets.

"It's getting better but still there are many problems," Bishop Abouna said. "The first problem is that they need security, then they need water and electricity -- and all these things are getting better."

"The media are exaggerating a lot of things. They should be realistic about the situation in Iraq. Newspapers and television are saying a lot of things that aren't true. When they go there they can see everything (is changing)," he said.

[thebrad]

the only thing that the public loves more than a hero is a martyr...and the media only wants to give the public what they want.

[BLUEHAWK]

Joy & Brad -
Thanks for posting that... media moguls and talking heads, the only reply they can give is that "bad news is what the public wants"... and then they go on as if that answer is sufficient... it ain't. EVERY network does the same thing, maybe slip in something positive about Iraq once in awhile, the very same networks who sometimes make such a point of "Support Our Troops". I think it does a disservice to our people there, and I hope that they aren't watching.

I was amazed the past couple of days... most cable networks had resurrected the Peterson murder trial hour after hour, in my opinion, scraping the bottom of the barrel for "news" instead of doing something useful to contribute meaningfully to a war effort, which is and should be at the top of all of our attention until every single one of our people gets home, whether or not the politicians get what they want from the whole deal.

I dismount my soapbox...