A Steel Curtain Has Fallen .... Over The Media
While a twist on Sir Winston Churchill's famous "Iron Curtain" quote about the USSR, I think it fits in addressing a bias in the media about the military's success in Iraq and the Middle East.
Operation Steel Curtain was a seventeen day offensive (ending on the 22nd of November) that worked to secure the Iraq/Syria border. Over 1,000 joint US and Iraqi troops were deployed. In the end, the Department of Defense reports: "... 10 Marines were killed in fighting during Steel Curtain. A total of 139 terrorists were killed and 256 were processed for detention during the operation."
This is a stunning success! The border is now better secured, preventing more terrorists from simply walking into Iraq. Even with this good news, the report is nonexistent in mainstream media.
A search of Google, Yahoo!, MSN, and Ask Jeeves yielded few stories. CNN reported on the 5th that dozens of terrorists were dead. The number has grown exponentially, but no reports continue from this source. ABC ran an AP headline saying "Marine Killed in 'Operation Steel Curtain'" on November 7th. Again, no further developments are mentioned beyond the death of a US marine.
Kudos to the blogs, which tracked the progress of the Operation throughout its entire length. But what about the average, non blogging American? The mass media again shows a bias by not reporting the accomplishments of our troops in Iraq. If one professes to be anti-war but pro-troops, why not give credit where credit is due?
Operation Steel Curtain was a seventeen day offensive (ending on the 22nd of November) that worked to secure the Iraq/Syria border. Over 1,000 joint US and Iraqi troops were deployed. In the end, the Department of Defense reports: "... 10 Marines were killed in fighting during Steel Curtain. A total of 139 terrorists were killed and 256 were processed for detention during the operation."
This is a stunning success! The border is now better secured, preventing more terrorists from simply walking into Iraq. Even with this good news, the report is nonexistent in mainstream media.
A search of Google, Yahoo!, MSN, and Ask Jeeves yielded few stories. CNN reported on the 5th that dozens of terrorists were dead. The number has grown exponentially, but no reports continue from this source. ABC ran an AP headline saying "Marine Killed in 'Operation Steel Curtain'" on November 7th. Again, no further developments are mentioned beyond the death of a US marine.
Kudos to the blogs, which tracked the progress of the Operation throughout its entire length. But what about the average, non blogging American? The mass media again shows a bias by not reporting the accomplishments of our troops in Iraq. If one professes to be anti-war but pro-troops, why not give credit where credit is due?
posted by Matt Pitchford at 13:59
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