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11/22/2004 Archived Entry: "The administration's greatest failing"
Posted by steve @ 02:53 PM EST [Link]
THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S GREATEST FAILING: Every day I get emails or notes about stuff that goes on Iraq that I wonder why the Bush administration isn't shouting from the roof tops...or why the media isn't reporting. Stuff like what Rich Lowry over at The Corner received in an email from a soldier in Iraq.
He reports that hundreds of improvised explosive devices have been found in mosques, among other things.
I expect the media to do a poor job in reporting on Iraq -- it's been happening for over a decade, why would anything change now? -- but for the administration not to publicly announce what's going on is simply incompetent.
Replies: 2 comments
I disagree with your characterization of the Bush administration as incompetent. If the Bush administration announces it, who is going to carry it? The legacy media will ignore it. Fox News might carry it. We on the internet would carry it, but we would be preaching to the choir.
The administration, via DoD press releases, announces good news (and not so good news) from Iraq frequently. The old media ignores it. If you want to know, you have to go find it. Maybe ESR could provide a link to the DoD website so that people who want to know what is going on can find out. This url is the gateway to a lot of news -- http://www.dod.mil/.
cb
Posted by cb @ 11/23/2004 11:17 AM EST
He could hold press conferences. No media outlet would ignore a press conference from Bush, particularly when he gives so few of them.
Posted by Steve Martinovich @ 11/24/2004 04:18 AM EST