May 14, 2007

The Missing Context in Media Reporting on Iraq

By Gerd Schroeder
The US mainstream media are failing to provide the public the context it needs to accurately understand both the successes of our progress in Iraq. They do this either purposely or through incompetence and/or lack of intellect.  I know many members of the media, and none of them lack intellect or are incompetent.  I came to this harsh conclusion after studying the ongoing Brookings Institution Report titled "IRAQ INDEX Tracking Reconstruction and Security in Post-Saddam Iraq" for several months. The Brookings Institution is a left-of-center think tank, led by Bill Clinton's close friend Strobe Talbott.  But its information in the Iraq Index is generally accurate and reliable.  The information mainly comes from the US Military and other US governmental agencies' official statistics. It is updated at least weekly to provide in one place the most up to date information on the war that I have been able to find.  Two small examples will suffice to show...(Read Full Article)