Comments on: WaPo Stuns with Positive Iraqi Election Headlines http://thewideawakes.org/archives/2005/10/16/wapo-stuns-with-positive-iraqi-election-headlines/ Spreading Conservative ideas across the net. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:31:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: The MaryHunter http://thewideawakes.org/archives/2005/10/16/wapo-stuns-with-positive-iraqi-election-headlines/#comment-67925 Mon, 17 Oct 2005 23:23:06 +0000 http://thewideawakes.org/archives/2005/10/16/wapo-stuns-with-positive-iraqi-election-headlines/#comment-67925 <em>Continuous support</em>? Might that be the bizarro WaPo you've been reading? While they were somewhat supportive during the main thrust of the war, I daresay after seeing the paper's doom and gloom in recent months, these two Sunday headlines were a nice change! The Post is as guilty as the rest of the MSM with overkill on negative Iraq news stories vs positive ones, I see the front page every day so I know. Right up there with the MSM TV networks, which have a <a href="http://www.mediaresearch.org/realitycheck/2005/fax20051017.asp" rel="nofollow">4:1 preference</a> for accentuating the negative. Continuous support? Might that be the bizarro WaPo you’ve been reading? While they were somewhat supportive during the main thrust of the war, I daresay after seeing the paper’s doom and gloom in recent months, these two Sunday headlines were a nice change!

The Post is as guilty as the rest of the MSM with overkill on negative Iraq news stories vs positive ones, I see the front page every day so I know. Right up there with the MSM TV networks, which have a 4:1 preference for accentuating the negative.

]]> by: Denny Hix http://thewideawakes.org/archives/2005/10/16/wapo-stuns-with-positive-iraqi-election-headlines/#comment-67864 Mon, 17 Oct 2005 20:02:04 +0000 http://thewideawakes.org/archives/2005/10/16/wapo-stuns-with-positive-iraqi-election-headlines/#comment-67864 Why is that headline stunning? The WaPo's editorial stance has been one of continous support of the war in Iraq since before the invasion. Why is that headline stunning?

The WaPo’s editorial stance has been one of continous support of the war in Iraq since before the invasion.

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