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Old 02-13-2007, 05:21 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Antithesis View Post
I actually remember a while back during Israel's attack on Lebanon when everybody was reporting on the conflict, the costs, regional implications, and how it would be settled. I flipped back and forth between the channels and remembered seeing Fox News ranting on about the dangers of Hezbollah sleeper cells in America which, no doubt, exist, but to focus on something like that at a time when there was a much bigger problem to deal with was fear-mongering and irrational.
And the other mainstream media outlets were showing pictures of American soldiers, in front of tanks, standing with one foot on dead Iraqis and smiling - only to find out later that the picture was a photo-shopped hoax.

So much for journalistic integrity.