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Iraq |
Zeyad’s report on Baghdad Anti-Terror demonstration |
2003-12-10 |
He’s got the camera Jeff Jarvis sent him and is posting some great pics to accompany the text. Edited for brevity.The rallies today proved to be a major success. I didn’t expect anything even close to this. It was probably the largest demonstration in Baghdad for months. It wasn’t just against terrorism. It was against Arab media, against the interference of neighbouring countries, against dictatorships, against Wahhabism, against oppression, and of course against the Ba’ath and Saddam. |
Posted by:Dar |
#12 Scooped? Scooped?? Not like they (media) can say this was a surprise, been buzzing softly for weeks now. The demonstrators just didn't bring along enough high explosives to attract any coverage. Am I being a cynic? |
Posted by: Glenn (not Reynolds) 2003-12-11 12:01:57 AM |
#11 Per Instapundit, Donald Sensing and Lt Smash, it seems that the major media are picking up the story in various ways, but the fact remains that one guy with a camera, a brain, and two very sizable stones scooped the world's press. |
Posted by: Matt 2003-12-10 8:08:03 PM |
#10 ABC (Peter Jennings) gave it second billing but described it as essentially a mish-mash of competing agendas, e.g. Shi'ites v Sunnis, Kurds v Arabs, etc. Basically, ABC's spin is 'Tis Nothing. First story was Bill Richardson (ex-Clinton Admin) saying what idiots we (read: Bush) are for not forking over our tax $$$ and contracts to the Axis of Weasels while US GIs are murdered by French/Russian/German weapons sold in violation of UN sanctions. |
Posted by: JDB 2003-12-10 6:40:25 PM |
#9 CF, thanks for bailing me out there. |
Posted by: Matt 2003-12-10 6:33:51 PM |
#8 Matt, US Army Scientists Created Ebola Virus is probably how they would like to report it :((. |
Posted by: CrazyFool 2003-12-10 5:42:48 PM |
#7 My mistake. For Virus read Vaccine. Fred, bail me out here? |
Posted by: Matt 2003-12-10 5:29:59 PM |
#6 I emailed CNN a "news tip", so that should do it. While shooting at the Beeb really isn't worth the powder, one of the online Beeb's headlines is "Scientists Create Ebola Virus". The headline should be "US Army Scientists Create Ebola Virus", but that's way off message. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3306087.stm |
Posted by: Matt 2003-12-10 5:28:05 PM |
#5 I read a UPI dispatch from the Washington Times (via Drudge) that says 4,000 protested. If it is on Drudge it will likely make it on to the major cable and broadcast news stations at some point. Right? Won't it? Please? |
Posted by: remote man 2003-12-10 5:06:37 PM |
#4 First of all go to the link he has some great pictures! Here is CNN's headline in World News: Nobel winner slams war on terror. But not a word on the Demostration. |
Posted by: CrazyFool 2003-12-10 4:46:10 PM |
#3 Its now 430pm. Last I looked, still nothing on CNN, MSNBC, FOX or even Drudge. |
Posted by: mhw 2003-12-10 4:30:26 PM |
#2 And a Google search finds no mention (iraq +demonstration +rally) in the first 7 pages of links - tons from months ago on the anti-war ptools with their giant puppets. No mention on MSNBC or Fox, either, that I could see. Once again, they are "scooped" because they can't get it through their arrogant corporate / J-school heads that the news is not the same as their agenda. Thx, guys, for the story links! Excuse me, I've got some "Favorites" entries to delete... |
Posted by: ,com 2003-12-10 2:30:47 PM |
#1 Great news. This will be the lead story on CNN tonight, won't it? Front-page above-the-fold coverage in the NYT tomorrow? Naa. |
Posted by: Matt 2003-12-10 2:25:14 PM |