Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Blog Assignment 2
The article chosen highlights Media as propaganda. The withdrawal of troops from Iraq informed Americans that the troops were headed home. The public announcement on 8-31-10 by Prime Minister of Iraq, Nouri Al-Maliki Informed Americans and Iraqi politicians of the independence and sovereign he and Iraqi forces were ready to implement. The article criticizes why the announcement was made that the soldiers of the United States would be leaving Iraq. Propaganda is at its highest when in fact 50,000 soldiers will remain in the Iraq. In-fact the announcement was really stating that the United States will no longer have occupation in Iraq. The level of criticism is at a moderate level and the critique is fair. However, the level of criticism could be higher. If we announced that we are leaving we should pack it all up and leave them alone. There are no suggestions for improvements. However, the government and media should stay as far as they can from propaganda in any form and speak with clarity in an informative manner. http://www.prwatch.org/node/9412
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Which would be, only combat troops are heading home...
ReplyDeleteI agree with you. Saying the troops are heading home while only the combat troops are leaving Iraq is a clear example of propaganda. According to the readings, this is an obvious instance of social constructionism by the media. They promote some parts of the story and fail to mention other information in order to create a certain outlook. In this instance, they are creating a fabricated viewpoint on Iraq. Like you said, they should lay out all the facts without bias and without witholding information.
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Well of course it is propaganda. A headline that reads "US Troops Leave Iraq" looks a lot better than "Combat Troops Leave Iraq but a bunch are still there" haha. I guess this has been making news because the current administration is dealing with some public approval issues and this makes it look like they are at least getting some things done. I still don't think they should word things in a way to bend the truth on what is actually happening.
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