CAUGHT ON TAPE! Liberal media, that is —not necessarily what they were trying to present to you.
Live television news—I certainly love it—but I sense an end to it on liberal*vision what with all the common sense out there on live television (strangely absent on recorded television).
The strained effort by the liberal media and their liberal reporters to present the Iraq war in the worst possible light sometimes makes for hideously funny live television on the liberal stations and in this example.
You want a good laugh that will last for days? You want to see liberal media at work? Watch this CBS News report (a live report—catch it while you can!) between the anchor based in the U.S., and a reporter who dared venture to Iraq in search of more of their beloved anti-American, America is failing and is hated under Bush, war on terror doom and gloom. Watch as they try but fail to find HATE AMERICANS examples, then try to resolve that it’s all doom and gloom regardless.
Darn the luck, they like us! They really like us! BUT… (20 seconds)
Here’s a transcript of the salient part (Smith is Harry Smith, CBS reporter):
Smith to a group of kids: “Are Americans good or bad?”
Iraqi child: “Good”
Smith: “They are good.”
Iraqi child: “Yes”
Iraqi child #2: “What’s your name?”
Smith: “Huh?”
Iraqi child #2: “What’s your name?”
Smith, James Bond-like: “My name? Smith. Harry Smith.”
Iraqi child #2: “Sir, my name is Bush.”
Smith: “Your name is Bush?”
Iraqi child #2: “Yes.”
Smith, pointing at the kid child and chuckling: “He says his name is Bush.”
Smith, back in his narration: “The cost of these smiles has been steep. April was a particularly deadly month.”
Lt. Colonel Thomson: “We’ve lost eight men in combat. All great Americans.”
Smith: “Still, Colonel Thomson is convinced the sacrifice is not in vain.”
Lt. Colonel Thomson: “As you know, we’re going to have an election here today for new hia, and that’s huge down here at this level. So, I don’t know if we could have done that a year, 2 years ago here. And that’s about, that’s freedom. So I think those elements of freedom, those visible signs of freedom give me a lot of reassurance that we’re doing the right thing. We’re making progress.”
Smith: “But just to illustrate how tough it is in Sababor, they hired a local contractor to bring a big electric line into the town because the town really needs power. People are desperate for it. The guys been kidnapped. There hasn’t been any work on the line since the guy disappeared last week. Rene.”
Thanks to the brilliant Media Research Center and their Newsbusters blog for this work.
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