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Once again, the MSM proves which side they're really on. They've predicted failure in Iraq for so long that they'd rather help it happen than look as stupid as they're going to when it doesn't.

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The Ramadi Debacle
The media bites on al-Qaeda propaganda; ...
By Bill Roggio

The reported “mini-Tet offensive” in Ramadi has turned out to be less than accurate. In fact, it has been anything but. The Associated Press reported a massive citywide insurgent attack, and Reuters and other news outlets quickly picked up on the story.

Captain Jeffery Pool, Public Affairs Officer for the 2nd Marine Division, disputed the claims in the harshest of terms, and rebuked the media for its mischaracterization of events. “Today I witnessed inaccurate reporting, use of unreliable sources, media using other media as sources, an active insurgent propaganda machine, and the pack journalism at its worse.”

[Read on, and especially don't miss the link to Rantingprofs' Who You Gonna Believe -- Me, Or Your Lyin' Eyes?.]

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See also:

California Yankee: Ramadi Assault Just Propaganda?

Solomonia: This is Second Draft material

Jack Kelly: As a rule, military flacks tend to be a cautious

Posted by Bill Faith on December 3, 2005 at 06:45 PM | Permalink

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