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NiemanWatchdog.org[NiemanWatchdog.org] In the final weeks of his presidential drive McCain has been re-emphasizing his differences with President Bush over how the war in Iraq was conducted. He reminds voters of his opposition to the early strategy that limited the number of .

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NiemanWatchdog.org[NiemanWatchdog.org] Nieman Watchdog > Commentary > The press gets a low grade for pre ...: The press gets a low grade for pre-Iraq war reporting COMMENTARY | September 29, 2008. In a new Nieman Watchdog survey, in part a post mortem on an immensely important period for journalism, Nieman fellows in the U.S. and around the ...

SpyTalk[SpyTalk] CQ Politics | SpyTalk - Ray Odierno's Baghdad Trick-or-Treat: There was good reason Petraeus had success with the 101st (classic counter-insurgency tactics, initiating public works projects, etc.) and was promoted over Odierno to command the Iraq mission. Just to be clear, I'm in complete agreement with the late Gen.

NiemanWatchdog.org[NiemanWatchdog.org] Nieman Watchdog > Showcase > 'Has the press become, less skeptical ...: It got as far as, I'm sad to say, Nieman Reports, sort of saying it didn't matter that no one covered the run-up to the Iraq war, because they were going to do it anyway. And that is a very tempting way to dispose of this burden.

Watchdog Blog[Watchdog Blog] Watchdog Blog » Blog Archive » Coming to Grips with the Failure of ...: When an institution as critical as the press is to the effective functioning of democratic society blunders as badly as the press did in its Iraq war coverage, it’s imperative that the reasons for the conduct be examined and understood. Otherwise, it’s a certainty that there will be more shameful days ahead for the press.

ePluribus Media[ePluribus Media] McClatchy Washington Bureau Wins Another Award for Iraq Pre-War ...: Murrey Marder, a 1950 Nieman Fellow and sponsor of the Nieman Watchdog Project, said, “Part of the press now recognizes that most of the news media were duped by the Bush administration’s highest officials”¦Walcott and two especially tenacious reporters operating as a formidable, closely-knit trio were the only journalists out of hundreds of American reporters and editors across the nation working on pre-invasion stories who ”˜got it right.’ That is, producing solid stories - starting a year before the invasion began - reporting that the administration was manipulating intelligence to conceal dire forecasts that the Iraq invasion was headed into a morass to rival the Vietnam War disaster.”

NiemanWatchdog.org[NiemanWatchdog.org] Nieman Watchdog > Commentary > Fight spin. Don't be afraid. Know ...: The first asked for a rating - A,B,C,D or F - of the main American news organizations, as a group, for coverage of the run-up to the Iraq war. In all, 145 Nieman fellows in the U.S. and internationally took part and the grade they .

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