The Instapundit:
HOW DO YOU KNOW THINGS ARE BETTER IN IRAQ? There’s less media coverage.
Is there any point in actually discussing what the study really says?
by John Cole| 29 Comments
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The Instapundit:
HOW DO YOU KNOW THINGS ARE BETTER IN IRAQ? There’s less media coverage.
Is there any point in actually discussing what the study really says?
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This man continues to be paid to teach at a college
I continue to wonder why no one thinks of the children….
Gold Star for Robot Boy
Forget it, John.
It’s
ChinatownInsty-man.demimondian
Who’s got the SATSQ pager this evening?
incontrolados
So that must mean that when coverage picks up again in September, we’ll know that things are worse?
Wait, no, that would mean that things are better, right?
Tsulagi
Well, there you have it. If Fox News isn’t reporting on Iraq, then it must mean the war is going really well. Problem solved. Do the math.
jake
Truly the Mission Accomplished Cheer leading Squad is in its last throes.
From the once mighty herds that thundered across the plains, bellowing about the librul MSM twisting the news out of Iraq and trampling all who stood against them, they’ve been reduced to a few sickened bovines limping along and bleating ‘Scott Beauchamp,’ and ‘Less news is good news’
I know I should not watch as the last members twitch and die, but I find the macabre spectacle of an ideological extinction event strangely compelling and am unable to look away.
[makes popcorn]
Elvis Elvisberg
The real story here is that you apparently held out hope for intellectual honesty from this guy until just now.
dmbeaster
By Instapundit standards, proof that there is no good news from Iraq is shown by Fox covering the war only half as much as CNN and MSNBC. Maybe Fox should do a twofer and sponsor a charity drive to paint Iraqi schools — pimp themselves and give them good news to cover.
Paddy O'Shea
What would really work well for all (except the chronically discontented posters of Balloon Juice), is a selection of news channels ideologically attuned to the wishes of those who watch it. Let’s say 10 distinct shadings of the days events presented in such a way to please YOU the viewer.
That way you can watch the news and come away believing that things really are going your way.
Think of the happiness it would bring to people consumed by the worry and strife of daily life in our corporate superstate.
Anne Laurie
If Fox News isn’t reporting on Iraq, then it must mean the war is going really well. Problem solved. Do the math.
At least now we know what Karl Rove meant when he said he was leaving the WH to “spend more time with his family”. His biological/social relatives having proved inadequate, he’s officially adopted Rupert Murdoch as his Real Dad.
Bruce in Norte California
Hmmm, don’t hear much about Darfur these days. The situation there must have really improved. Come to think of it, I have not read anything lately about what a crock global warming is so it must be widely accepted, eh?
norbizness
Elvis: He’s definitely never been the smartest authoritarian in libertarian’s clothing, but he’s definitely their most cowardly, thin-skinned, comment-less, inexplicably popular (maybe due to incredulous links?) exemplar.
Andrew
Heh.
Gold Star for Robot Boy
Indeed.
The Other Steve
Read more instahack, it’s a treasure trove of hackery.
TenguPhule
No. This has been another edition of simple answers to simple questions.
incontrolados
OT but in a way related, one of Tom DeLay’s bloggy people speculates about why Howard Dean is nowhere to be found.
Hmmm
I’m not sure what no (or little) news means. But I am sure it’s not what Reynolds of DeLay’s bloggy person think it is.
Dennis-SGMM
Decreased coverage? Could be that 40% pf the vehicles (Those that weren’t blown up by IED’s) are worn out and it’s now difficult to get footage of them rolling along in triumph. Could be, too, that the troops look haggard and drawn or just plain crazy. Who wants to see that?
No footage of the Maliki government either. Seems that, given breathing room by the breathless Surge, the Iraqis did not morph into a gaggle of Thomas Jeffersons, Ben Franklins, and Tom Paines. They remained human beings, subject to forces beyond our control and with interests that may not be ours. They, ungrateful devils, may even want to write their own history and make their own mistakes. Covering that would take honest insight and some understanding of the realities of Iraq.
I’m not holding my breath.
Richard Bennett
Reynolds has always suffered from ADD, dyslexia, and Asperger’s Syndrome, it’s nothing new. But leaving that aside, there actually are some clues that things are going a bit better in Iraq since the Surge, and the sad thing is that nobody cares one way or the other except a few Iraqis. They could have Woodstock II in Baghdad tomorrow, and nobody in the US would believe it. We’re a cynical lot.
jake
So, a dude who gets no party invitations is just as unpopular as the dude who gets invitations but turns them down?
Sure guy. Maybe Dean should get himself a blog so he can appear to be relevant like…oops, never mind.
RSA
Does this mean that if Instapundit posts less often, it’s a sign he’s becoming a better blogger? I hope that eventually he becomes the best blogger he can be.
David
Not unless Reynolds can answer and link to in one line.
chopper
i’d look at how much cash is coming in to the DNC to see what he’s up to. if it’s a lot (and dean has brought more cash in than any of the previous heads of the org), then he’s probably busy raising tons of cash. if not, then he’s being held down.
Otto Man
Is a law degree from U. of Tennessee worth anything anymore? If I were an alumnus, I’d sue.
yet another jeff
Didn’t we already have that? Still, it is true that if the Iraqis had a big concert with acts that protested the war, few in the US would believe it…at least fewer than 60 members of the US Senate would believe it.
Zifnab
Reminds me of Cassidy’s epic post, “But if Petreaus came back tomorrow and said everything in Iraq was all sunshine in roses, would you believe him? Or would you just bury your head in the sand of librul media talking points? Why do you hate our troops?”
LITBMueller
The Lindsey Lohan coverage has gone down considerable.
Clearly, she must be much much better now…
The Other Steve
Look, the Iraqis just don’t know what is good for them.
Rex
In Philip Knightley”s book, The First Casualty, he discusses the exact same trend that occurred in Vietnam…that by 1968 or sometime in there, only three correspondents were left in Vietnam providing coverage.