Decius wrote:
] ] In an escalation of White House efforts to circumvent
] ] what President Bush calls the news media "filter," the
] ] Pentagon plans to launch a 24-hour satellite channel from
] ] Baghdad to make it easier for U.S. television stations to
] ] air government-authorized news about Iraq.
] ]
] ] The satellite link, dubbed "C-SPAN Baghdad" within the
] ] administration, is to go on the air in a week or two. It
] ] begins at a time when guerrilla violence in Iraq is
] ] increasing and the White House is revising and
] ] accelerating plans to transfer governing authority to
] ] Iraqis.

well, yeah, of course, i mean, why would i want my news filtered, when i can get it right from the government? i mean, they'd never misrepresent what's going on, or spin the events in any way... they're our friends!

Seriously, what the fucking fuck, man... state TV is for F A S C I S T S and D I C T A T O R S. This is exactly the shit Bush claims to be fighting against, and has the audacity to circumvent it back home? I can't even comprehend the logic he uses to justify this shit. Spreading democracy and freedom my ass. Increasing personal power and imposing his version of american culture on the rest of the world is more like it. Curses curses curses!

RE: Pentagon Plans Iraq Channel (washingtonpost.com)