Monday, September 15, 2003

[Colin Glassey] John F. Burns on Media Corruption in Iraq Before the War You can not find a more devestating portrait of media gone bad than this commentary by John F. Burns (of the New York Times) in Editor and Publisher.com Burns pulls few punches accusing many, if not all, of his fellow journalists of lying about Saddam's Iraq so as to stay in Baghdad to "get the story". The reporters in Baghdad lied about how bad things were in Iraq. Quote: We now know that this place was a lot more terrible than even people like me had thought. There is such a thing as absolute evil. Saddam's Iraq was such a place, and nearly all the world's media, from CNN to Al Jazeria lied about how bad it was. It is clear to me that "big media" is not trustworthy. The quest for ratings has corrupted the profession of journalism. They will say anything just to stay in a "hot spot" and get "flashy video". 11:37:57 PM

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