Media Whores...

[headscratcher4]

http://www.mediawhoresonline.com/

An alternative view of how the media covers the news, I thought some might find the site interesting.

[rikzilla]

It is amazing how some people work so hard to make so much out of a banner. It is obvious that the folks aboard that ship requested the banner and the White House staff provided it. I doubt that President Bush was making decisions on the level of what banner to put up, so that may explain the confusion.

The "Mission Accomplished" banner may have had many meanings at the time. The first part of the mission may have been accomplished for the military personnel on the ship. THE MISSION OF REMOVING SADDAM HUSSEIN FROM POWER WAS ACCOMPLISHED. As you can see he is no longer smoking cigars and his 2 sons are no longer terrorizing their own people (thanks guys for the good work).

Obviously the banner was political spin. Bush wanted to declare victory in Iraq, but since he could not do that without creating a political and legal problem for the ongoing WOT. He settled for the phrase "mission accomplished". Those two words can, and have lent themselves to many interpretations. But regardless of the naked political spin that the banner conveyed...the flap over Bush's comments is ridiculous. Even if the White House had directly ordered the commanders to put up the banner,...do you really think the POTUS would be involved in such a minor management decision?

A silly tempest in a teapot is all this is about. It's both petty and stupid.

-z

[Charles Livingston]

There is a whole other thread about this mission accomplished deal.

From the site:
"The "Mission Accomplished" sign, of course, was put up by the members of the USS Abraham Lincoln saying that their mission was accomplished. I know it was attributed somehow to some ingenious advance man from staff..."

- George W. Bush (10/28)

The site claims he lied about it via the above statement. To me, the statement seems factual. The "ingeious advance man from staff" statement can be interpreted as misleading, in that someone on his staff did make the sign, but since the Navy came up with the idea I would still say that the statement is true, in that the idea cant be attributed to his staff, but rather the Navy. No lies here, at least if its true that the Navy came up with the idea. Plus, bush may not have even known that someone on his staff physically made the sign.

I must say though, that Bush comes across as very defensive when questioned about almost anything. And I thought it was in poor taste to insult the 'radio man' by saying he had a face for radio. The President should be above that.