The Successful Passing of the Iraqi Constitution... Did YOU Know About It?
Iraqi officials announced today that a new constitution has been passed by voters in the country, helping to set a foundation for the future of Iraq and actually bringing us one step closer to getting the heck out of there.
Do you think anyone cares? Did you know about this?
If you looked at any of the American mainstream media sites, you might have thought that it was just another bomb going off. You may have never even seen the link, as it is overshadowed by stories of CIA leaks and photos of Britney Spears' baby.
What was one of the greatest steps in the liberation of Iraq has been overshadowed by the plethora of links we immerse ourselves in everyday. However, it should be the job of the mainstream media to bring forth those links as relevant and world-changing, and they have failed. With the MSM so engulfed in their anti-Bush rhetoric, self-serving routines, and spotlight cravings, it seems that the important stories are being left in the dust.
I've taken a few screen shots of various MSM sites, to give you an idea of what I mean.
CNN:
FOX News:
With these two screen shots, we see a story of restoring order in Iraq dominated by pictures of chaos and disorder. CNN dares to present the story with a picture of a bomb going off on the day of the vote. I don't deny that any bombs went off; I don't deny that there is still violence in Iraq. However, the mainstream media prefers to focus on the sensational, the violent, even the deadly, rather than presenting a story of a positive event that may change the course of an entire country.
Unbelievably, FOX News is no different. While FOX News is known for being more slanted to the right, their eagerness to display the sensational and violent is the same. Next to this story, they show Iraqis holding rifles and police cars in the midst of disasters.
There are two sites that stood out as a good example of presenting the passing of the Iraqi constitution in a good light:
MSNBC:
BBC:
MSNBC has done an amazing job showing the success of the vote and the positive light that it shines on Iraq's future. On the homepage of MSNBC today, the main photo is of an Iraqi man and an Iraqi woman placing their votes. Underneath the headline "Constitution OK'd," we see that 79% of votes went in favor of the constitution. 79%! What an overwhelming majority that no one else bothered to report!
The BBC also did a good job of covering the story, if you can find it, that is.
In the story, we see a picture of an Iraqi hand placing his/her vote in the election. It focuses on the story at hand, rather than other (also important) stories about violence and hatred. Because the BBC is an international news organization, I see here the importance of an absensce of American political bias when publishing such an important story.
To top this all off, it seems that the Today Show completely ignored the story and only presented stories on the CIA leak and the 2000th death in Iraq. The Political Teen has posted video of this morning's Today Show, which includes an interview with Tim Russert.
The MSM has become so entangled in politics of persuasion, the decline of the Bush administration, and the violence in Iraq (BY Iraqis!), that the positive stories have yet to shed their light.
Do you think anyone cares? Did you know about this?
If you looked at any of the American mainstream media sites, you might have thought that it was just another bomb going off. You may have never even seen the link, as it is overshadowed by stories of CIA leaks and photos of Britney Spears' baby.
What was one of the greatest steps in the liberation of Iraq has been overshadowed by the plethora of links we immerse ourselves in everyday. However, it should be the job of the mainstream media to bring forth those links as relevant and world-changing, and they have failed. With the MSM so engulfed in their anti-Bush rhetoric, self-serving routines, and spotlight cravings, it seems that the important stories are being left in the dust.
I've taken a few screen shots of various MSM sites, to give you an idea of what I mean.
CNN:
FOX News:
With these two screen shots, we see a story of restoring order in Iraq dominated by pictures of chaos and disorder. CNN dares to present the story with a picture of a bomb going off on the day of the vote. I don't deny that any bombs went off; I don't deny that there is still violence in Iraq. However, the mainstream media prefers to focus on the sensational, the violent, even the deadly, rather than presenting a story of a positive event that may change the course of an entire country.
Unbelievably, FOX News is no different. While FOX News is known for being more slanted to the right, their eagerness to display the sensational and violent is the same. Next to this story, they show Iraqis holding rifles and police cars in the midst of disasters.
There are two sites that stood out as a good example of presenting the passing of the Iraqi constitution in a good light:
MSNBC:
BBC:
MSNBC has done an amazing job showing the success of the vote and the positive light that it shines on Iraq's future. On the homepage of MSNBC today, the main photo is of an Iraqi man and an Iraqi woman placing their votes. Underneath the headline "Constitution OK'd," we see that 79% of votes went in favor of the constitution. 79%! What an overwhelming majority that no one else bothered to report!
The BBC also did a good job of covering the story, if you can find it, that is.
In the story, we see a picture of an Iraqi hand placing his/her vote in the election. It focuses on the story at hand, rather than other (also important) stories about violence and hatred. Because the BBC is an international news organization, I see here the importance of an absensce of American political bias when publishing such an important story.
To top this all off, it seems that the Today Show completely ignored the story and only presented stories on the CIA leak and the 2000th death in Iraq. The Political Teen has posted video of this morning's Today Show, which includes an interview with Tim Russert.
The MSM has become so entangled in politics of persuasion, the decline of the Bush administration, and the violence in Iraq (BY Iraqis!), that the positive stories have yet to shed their light.
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