Comments on: How the Associated Press writes a headline http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/11/21/how-the-associated-press-writes-a-headline/ Just another Pajamasmedia.com weblog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:29:41 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Thomas Hazlewood http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/11/21/how-the-associated-press-writes-a-headline/#comment-102573 Thomas Hazlewood Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:12:58 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/?p=4560#comment-102573 Andrew, Sunni are about 20% of the Iraqi population. The Kurds, likewise, are about 20%. And, yes, Iran is almost entirely Shiite. Every OTHER Mideast state is Sunni. Saddam ran Iraq using the Sunni minority, via the Baath party, as his controlling force. Andrew, Sunni are about 20% of the Iraqi population. The Kurds, likewise, are about 20%. And, yes, Iran is almost entirely Shiite. Every OTHER Mideast state is Sunni.

Saddam ran Iraq using the Sunni minority, via the Baath party, as his controlling force.

]]> By: Roy M http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/11/21/how-the-associated-press-writes-a-headline/#comment-102555 Roy M Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:47:04 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/?p=4560#comment-102555 Iraq is majority shia but power lay with sunnis under Saddam. This is one of the reasons why the biggest winner in the war, so far, has been Iran. Certainly they have done better than America. Iraq is majority shia but power lay with sunnis under Saddam. This is one of the reasons why the biggest winner in the war, so far, has been Iran. Certainly they have done better than America.

]]> By: Andrew Koenig http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/11/21/how-the-associated-press-writes-a-headline/#comment-102554 Andrew Koenig Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:18:22 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/?p=4560#comment-102554 I thought Iraq was majority Sunni, and it was Iran that was mostly Shiite. Am I missing something? I thought Iraq was majority Sunni, and it was Iran that was mostly Shiite. Am I missing something?

]]> By: cfbleachers http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/11/21/how-the-associated-press-writes-a-headline/#comment-102537 cfbleachers Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:02:11 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/?p=4560#comment-102537 Sorry, Roger. The AP has a tic that won't disappear that easily. The entrenched media (I steadfastly refuse to call them "mainstream"), are not interested in truth. They are interested in infusing the "message". Since the "message" hasn't changed, neither will their distortions. If you had "hope" for "change"...unfortunately, the entrenched media won't be the place to find it. Sorry, Roger. The AP has a tic that won’t disappear that easily. The entrenched media (I steadfastly refuse to call them “mainstream”), are not interested in truth. They are interested in infusing the “message”.

Since the “message” hasn’t changed, neither will their distortions. If you had “hope” for “change”…unfortunately, the entrenched media won’t be the place to find it.

]]> By: Roy M http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/11/21/how-the-associated-press-writes-a-headline/#comment-102536 Roy M Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:45:52 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/?p=4560#comment-102536 Bias (or stupidity) is writing an accurate story with a headline that lacks nuance about precisely which muslims are fighting America and the West? How does PJM rate on that scale would you say? More or less stupid/biased than AP? Bias (or stupidity) is writing an accurate story with a headline that lacks nuance about precisely which muslims are fighting America and the West?

How does PJM rate on that scale would you say? More or less stupid/biased than AP?

]]> By: Jeff http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/11/21/how-the-associated-press-writes-a-headline/#comment-102532 Jeff Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:21:28 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/?p=4560#comment-102532 The liberal MSM can handle the truth, but only in very small doses. It's sad to see how much of a role the media played in getting Obama and his leftist illuminati ideals elected. The liberal MSM can handle the truth, but only in very small doses. It’s sad to see how much of a role the media played in getting Obama and his leftist illuminati ideals elected.

]]> By: srlucado http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/11/21/how-the-associated-press-writes-a-headline/#comment-102529 srlucado Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:17:50 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/?p=4560#comment-102529 <i>It’s okay to tell the truth now- Obama’s in.</i> The truth? The AP can't handle the truth. Scott It’s okay to tell the truth now- Obama’s in.

The truth? The AP can’t handle the truth.

Scott

]]> By: Matthew O'Brian http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/11/21/how-the-associated-press-writes-a-headline/#comment-102528 Matthew O'Brian Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:54:22 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/?p=4560#comment-102528 When Obama is burned in effigy, I'm sure the democrats will be screaming that it's racist. When Obama is burned in effigy, I’m sure the democrats will be screaming that it’s racist.

]]> By: hermie http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/11/21/how-the-associated-press-writes-a-headline/#comment-102527 hermie Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:39:28 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/?p=4560#comment-102527 When Obama is burned in effigy, I'm sure some bright AP editor will proclaim that Obama was feted by a local BBQ joint. When Obama is burned in effigy, I’m sure some bright AP editor will proclaim that Obama was feted by a local BBQ joint.

]]> By: Wellspring http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/11/21/how-the-associated-press-writes-a-headline/#comment-102525 Wellspring Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:59:12 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/?p=4560#comment-102525 <i>It’s okay to tell the truth now- Obama’s in.</i> I didn't get that memo, either. I thought that the spin changes, the rhetoric changes, but the mission remains the same. All for One and the One for... well.. himself. It’s okay to tell the truth now- Obama’s in.

I didn’t get that memo, either. I thought that the spin changes, the rhetoric changes, but the mission remains the same. All for One and the One for… well.. himself.

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