On the twentieth anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq Warfare, NewsBusters is decided to rebut the foolish leftist allegation that the “mainstream media” have been Bush-Cheney lackeys who by no means threw robust questions earlier than and through struggle in Iraq. The Left has a foul behavior of believing the press must be omnipotent, bowling over all different political actors in reaching their motion targets. When the media fail to current one thing, like a struggle, then they’re accused of being saps for the warmongers.

Invoice Moyers of PBS in contrast Bush and Cheney to burglars and arsonists, after which even claimed the media resembled a cult engaged in a “collective Jonestown-like suicide.” The concept of a neocon press parade was ridiculous. Research we did on the Media Analysis Heart in late 2002 confirmed the anti-war aspect was clearly favored.

On the verge of struggle on March 6, 2003, Bush confronted hardballs in a press convention. ABC’s Terry Moran requested “Might I ask what went improper that so many governments and peoples world wide no longer solely disagree with you very strongly, however see the U.S. beneath your management as an boastful energy?”

He wasn’t alone. CNN’s John King cited Ted Kennedy ‘s perception that “your fixation with Saddam Hussein is making the world a extra harmful place.” Ed Chen of the Los Angeles Instances demanded to know that if Bush “trusted the individuals” with their tax cuts, why not belief them sufficient to offer them an estimate of the struggle prices? Bob Deans of Cox Newspapers even bizarrely instructed that the Vietnam Warfare was by some means unjustified as a result of “The regime continues to be there in Hanoi, and it hasn’t harmed or threatened a single American within the 30 years because the struggle ended.”

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