Afghanistan pre-spin in the NYTimes
If you believe the media conventional wisdom, the Afghanistan "surge" is most likely to meet resistance from folks on the left.
So, imagine my surprise this morning to see the NYTimes top headline emphasizing that the Obama speech will not only call for a troop increase, but will also "envision exit" from Afghanistan.
They're pre-spinning the speech in the most prominent space possible, the most public space likely to be read by the Obama supporter, playing on residual goodwill and asking for more patience.
...and once again the NYTimes prints the "scoop," blindly sourced to "senior administration officials," complicit in the war selling spin....
(I'm pro-surge, but the games get a little old.)
So, imagine my surprise this morning to see the NYTimes top headline emphasizing that the Obama speech will not only call for a troop increase, but will also "envision exit" from Afghanistan.
They're pre-spinning the speech in the most prominent space possible, the most public space likely to be read by the Obama supporter, playing on residual goodwill and asking for more patience.
...and once again the NYTimes prints the "scoop," blindly sourced to "senior administration officials," complicit in the war selling spin....
(I'm pro-surge, but the games get a little old.)
posted by mikevotes at
7:11 AM
5 Comments:
If it doesn't work there's always Karzai to blame.
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Anonymous, at 8:18 AM
If you promote a guy to a position where he fails, is that his fault?
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mikevotes, at 8:19 AM
Depends on your definition of failure. Karzai and his supporters may think he's doing a good job.
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Anonymous, at 9:22 AM
Well, doling out graft, not running the country....
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mikevotes, at 10:10 AM
Seems to be how things work there.
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Anonymous, at 10:58 AM
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