Comments on: More Details of the Russian Treachery http://informedspeculation.com/2006/03/29/more-details-of-the-russian-treachery/ Refunds Cheerfully Given To All Who Disagree Sat, 07 Apr 2012 09:00:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Mark http://informedspeculation.com/2006/03/29/more-details-of-the-russian-treachery/comment-page-1/#comment-14997 Mark Wed, 29 Mar 2006 22:05:28 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/03/29/more-details-of-the-russian-treachery/#comment-14997 Yeah, Dennis, it's a bit frustrating - but I think even a symbolic gesture, like withdrawing our ambassador, even if for only a week, in protest, would be better than nothing... Yeah, Dennis, it’s a bit frustrating – but I think even a symbolic gesture, like withdrawing our ambassador, even if for only a week, in protest, would be better than nothing…

]]> By: Dennis http://informedspeculation.com/2006/03/29/more-details-of-the-russian-treachery/comment-page-1/#comment-14995 Dennis Wed, 29 Mar 2006 21:52:00 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/03/29/more-details-of-the-russian-treachery/#comment-14995 I'm not sure how a bogus photo on one Web site of one candidate in a primary puts the lie to a question of whether media organizations are biased toward bad news from Iraq, but hey, have at it. Personally, I've learned a lot more about Iraq, good and bad, reading stuff by people like Michael Totten and Michael Yon than I have reading AP dispatches. As for the topic of this post, my one frustration is I'm not sure if there's anything we can really do here. No one's going to start a war with Russia over this, though it's unquestionably a war-provoking act. I would hope the more dewy-eyed "let's get the UN involved" folks would look upon this and remember what kind of governments we're dealing with, but I doubt anything will get through to them. I’m not sure how a bogus photo on one Web site of one candidate in a primary puts the lie to a question of whether media organizations are biased toward bad news from Iraq, but hey, have at it. Personally, I’ve learned a lot more about Iraq, good and bad, reading stuff by people like Michael Totten and Michael Yon than I have reading AP dispatches.

As for the topic of this post, my one frustration is I’m not sure if there’s anything we can really do here. No one’s going to start a war with Russia over this, though it’s unquestionably a war-provoking act. I would hope the more dewy-eyed “let’s get the UN involved” folks would look upon this and remember what kind of governments we’re dealing with, but I doubt anything will get through to them.

]]> By: Mark http://informedspeculation.com/2006/03/29/more-details-of-the-russian-treachery/comment-page-1/#comment-14992 Mark Wed, 29 Mar 2006 21:11:56 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/03/29/more-details-of-the-russian-treachery/#comment-14992 The answer to question one: yes, I am. Of question two: that's the first I've heard of it...but it was very stupid. You can be impartial without lying...anyone who says things in Iraq are just rosy is, of course, either out of his mind or dishonest. I don't want a whitewash - just a little more balance. I know, however, that bad news sells, and it's always a bigger story that a bus overturned and killed three people than it is that 149,997 people made it home safely, so I'm not necessarily imparting the lack of good news to bias - or at least not totally. The decision is an economic one, as well... The answer to question one: yes, I am.

Of question two: that’s the first I’ve heard of it…but it was very stupid. You can be impartial without lying…anyone who says things in Iraq are just rosy is, of course, either out of his mind or dishonest. I don’t want a whitewash – just a little more balance.

I know, however, that bad news sells, and it’s always a bigger story that a bus overturned and killed three people than it is that 149,997 people made it home safely, so I’m not necessarily imparting the lack of good news to bias – or at least not totally. The decision is an economic one, as well…

]]> By: Fargus http://informedspeculation.com/2006/03/29/more-details-of-the-russian-treachery/comment-page-1/#comment-14991 Fargus Wed, 29 Mar 2006 21:03:53 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/03/29/more-details-of-the-russian-treachery/#comment-14991 Tangentially related to Iraq, a question. Are you one of those who criticizes the media for not reporting the good news out of Iraq enough? If so, what do you make of Howard Kaloogian, who put up pictures of Istanbul claiming they were Baghdad, with the hopes of telling everybody how great it was over there? http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002274257 Tangentially related to Iraq, a question. Are you one of those who criticizes the media for not reporting the good news out of Iraq enough?

If so, what do you make of Howard Kaloogian, who put up pictures of Istanbul claiming they were Baghdad, with the hopes of telling everybody how great it was over there?

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002274257

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