July 26, 2005
The Good News
This guy seems to get around (via AmericaBlog, via Atrios):
Sunday's news release said: "'The terrorists are attacking the infrastructure, the ISF and all of Iraq. They are enemies of humanity without religion or any sort of ethics. They have attacked my community today and I will now take the fight to the terrorists,' said one Iraqi man who preferred not to be identified."The July 13 news release said: "'The terrorists are attacking the infrastructure, the children and all of Iraq,' said one Iraqi man who preferred not to be identified. 'They are enemies of humanity without religion or any sort of ethics. They have attacked my community today and I will now take the fight to the terrorists.'"
Why does the bad news in Iraq get reported more than the good news? Well, the bad news is easy to see and confirm - it's on fire. The good news is a lot more... abstract. We kind of have to take the military's and government's word for it.
Because of stuff like this, I'm disinclined.
Posted by ben at July 26, 2005 07:47 AM