Political Football

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… to my blog which will focus on … well … Politics and …. Football.  And since the Iowa Spring Game won’t be for another 3 months Politics will be on my mind here, not much football – for now.  I hope you enjoy, register, post and return when you can.

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THIS post explains why I started this blog. I hope you read this and visit again. Where many liberal principles are well meaning, the vacuum of ideas and distorted distribution of information in the media that has developed over the last generation disturbs me and should disturb you. So many in the Democratic party don’t listen at all because they are so driven by their hatred of George W. Bush. In addition to the constant slant to news, vitriol has taken over the national debate. This is a dangerous time for misinformation.

Although the mainstream media says it’s only reporting what it sees, evidence shows otherwise.  You can read a UCLA report on media bias here here.

I’m not trying to redefine first amendment rights; a democracy can not exist without a free press. However, in a 2004 report on the state of the news, 67% of those polled thought the press tried to cover up its mistakes – only 35% think the press gets its facts straight and 60% think the press is biased in one way or another.

This misinformation discussed here doesn’t even explore distortion or “noise” in polls because of the phrasing of questions, etc. More on that later.

Distrust of the press and my perception of manipulation of the mainstream media by our enemies is only exacerbated by blind trust in local war zone reporting like this and this.  The photographer in the linked case was fired, and almost 1,000 file pictures were removed from Reuter’s archives. In the second link, the person used as source for over 60 negative reports in Iraq has yet to be found (both Iraqi and American sources on the ground say this person does not exist). 

[check for updates on Jamil throughout this blog]

Bottom line is you need to do your own research and believe what can be proved to your own level of confidence. As a great man once said, trust but verify. If you watch CNN also go here. If you read the New York Times, also go here.

If you want to know what’s really going on and you don’t believe the government; will you believe Iraqis on the ground in Baghdad? 

Would you believe a blogger (milblogger) that is frequently embedded with the military and talking to the boots on the ground?

It’s your decision; it’s your children’s future.