It's All About Honor
February 17, 2006
Schismism’s Alternate Headlines
1. Hidden history of US germ testing — In the Past, Pacifists Weren’t Treasonous: Served Country by Being Exposed to Biological Weapons
2. Judge Orders Action on Spying Documents — Radical Activist Judge Attempts to Prop Up Rule of Ineffective Antiquated Law
3. Abu Ghraib leaked report reveals full extent of abuse — Irresponsible Unauthorized Leaks Lead to Overblown Perception of Abu Ghraib Shenanigans
4. Additional $65 billion requested for Afghan, Iraq wars — Freedom Isn’t Free! You Wouldn’t Settle for Regular Unleaded Freedom in Your SUV, Would You? Super Unleaded Freedom for the Mid-East!
5. Mudslide Buries Philippine Village — Tragedy in Philippines: 1500 Missing
3 Comments
Comments are closed.
Stump Lane 
· 1,325 images of suspected detainee abuse
· 93 video files of suspected detainee abuse
· 660 images of adult pornography
· 546 images of suspected dead Iraqi detainees
· 29 images of soldiers in simulated sexual acts
* and a partridge in a pear tree.
I’m going to vomit now.
I haven’t been following any major news outlets closely, but my general sense is that the release of new photos and information from inside Abu Ghraib isn’t generating a lot of reaction – is this because the U.S. government isn’t really commenting, possibly trying to defuse the situation by depriving a press-release-dependent “media” of any “hard information” (read: prepared quotes from Bush)?
White House does “something.”
Press reports on “something.”
WH gets pissy about how irresponsible it was to report on “something.”
Press gets trigger-shy about reporting on “anything” for fear of
clownsthe WH.Having the WH pissed off at you is a problem especially when you’re a press-release-dependent “media” member afraid you might not get you’re official
spin“hard information” before deadline.