At the end of a long, perfectly correct rant about the MSM coverage of Iraq was this tidbit:
I have had my staff aggressively pursue media coverage for all sorts of events that tell the other side of the story only to have them turned down or ignored by the press in Baghdad. Strangely, I found it much easier to lure the Arab media to a “non-lethal” event than the western outlets. Open a renovated school or a youth center and I could always count on Al-Iraqia or even Al-Jazeera to show up, but no western media ever showed up - ever.
It's pretty weird that the Arab media was more willing to show our good side then our own media...
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