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Parent Article: Why The Media, Including The News-Gazette, Is Not To Be Trusted |
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The News-Gazette's Spin |
by pm
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19 Apr 2003
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The 'victory' section in today's News-Gazette that Mike referred to featured a 12" x 9.5" (nearly the entire page) photo of the statue of Saddam Hussein falling. Here's the picture:
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And here's the News-Gazette's spin on what was happening:
"A giant statue of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is brought down by U.S. Marines as people watch the demolition in Baghdad on Wednesday April 9, 2003. Jubilant crowds swarmed into Baghdad's streets Wednesday, dancing, looting and defacing images of Saddam Hussein as U.S. commanders declared that his regime's rule over the capital had ended." |
