September 30, 2004
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Administration wants upbeat reports, will 'curtail' bad news about Iraq.
The Bush administration, The Washington Post reports Thursday, worried that negative stories are dominating the news headlines during an election period, has decided to send out Iraq Americans to bring what the Defense Department calls "the good news" about the situation in Iraq to US military bases.
The Post also reports that the administration is moving to "curtail distribution" of reports that show the situation in Iraq growing worse. In particular, the US Agency of International Development said this week that it will "restrict distribution" of a report by its contractor, Kroll Security International, that showed the number of attacks by insurgents had been increasingly dramatically over the past few months. Attacks have risen to 70 a day, up from 40-50, since Iraqi Prime Minister Alawi took office in June.
Comments (8)
WTF? How could negative reports be dominating the news from a place that is surely only second to Disneyland as a fun fun place to be?
awww thank you Dingus...^_^
heh, I dont comment you as often as I should. You always leave nice humorous comments on my site. Thanks again =]
Personally, I'm planning a little getaway for my family. First Afghanistan, then Iraq!
Thanks for your comments. I learn from about you from them than the news that you pass along here. It is a huge community but I found that I travel in the same circle as the people who can tolerate a lot of diversity.
I liked the picture you posted to go along with the story! So now we are onto the rose colored glass viewed sound bites. Not surprising.
Oy.
I guess Karl Rove will have to back to writing fake letters home from the troops
Talk about free speech....
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