Originally posted by Viss1:
Originally posted by PackRat:
They had no choice but to broadcast that.


Pretty much the answer I expected. If you provide a few examples of "happy Iraqi" events the mainstream media actually missed, I might listen to the "evil liberal media" argument with a straight face. And I don't mean the "American soldier gives Iraqi boy a sandwich" type of stuff... I mean events that are as important as the negative ones.



There's a lot more than what the mainstream press is telling you. All you have to do is talk to soldiers who have actually been there.

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Originally posted by PackRat:
What was he supposed to do? Stop the press conference while they removed a banner that had been on camera all day? Don't be a dimwit. Oh wait, too late.


So you're saying it was a lack of communication between the President and his PR staff. That's not much more comforting than the Prez knowing about it in the first place. It's a problem if the Prez is surprised by major messages his team sends out.



Considering what was going on at the time, the banner was a really minor detail that I'm sure wasn't something they were going to bother the president about and is only a big deal because people like you made it one by pissing and moaning about it. And continue to piss and moan about it.