Pulling the story as a result of concern over accuracy would be a brand new thing for Reuters. I can’t imagine that would have anything to do with its plunge down the memory hole. But as loathe as the media is to relate facts, it is, on rare occasions, forced to face them. If our straight arrow, non biased MSM is to succeed in its mission to install the Obamessiah in the White House, the constant reporting drumbeat of blacks gushing about how great a black president would be….well, to say that day after day, month after month of it might just have a teeny negative impact on white voters has to be of concern to media types who figure everyone in flyover country still believes in a good lynching before bar-b-que. Better not stir up the knuckle-draggers. So although media elites will spend the next 5 months telling us that any white who doesn’t support Obama is a racist pig, they would much prefer to handle this journalistic enterprise themselves, rather than risk trusting the message to Mohammed or Theotis.

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Not really on topic I suppose but just a small observation…

“Frankly, Muslims in our society have not done anything for us,” said Mohammed Sadeq, who owns a mobile telephone store in Baghdad.

I wonder how many people owned mobile telephone stores under Saddam’s rule. I also wonder how many of them would dare talk to Reuters about a U.S. presidential candidate/race back then.

No matter what one may think of the current situation and the past handling of the Iraq war – it sure seems a lot better post Saddam.

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Reuters accomplieshed their goal. They got the story out there and now the perception is that Iraqis in overwelming numbers support Obama. They quickly pulled the story before the blogs could call them on it and spoil their goal. Just the usual dim trick. The whole thing is a tissue of lies and the name of the reporter should have been a clue.

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It was probably sent before something like a simple fact check was done. Maybe after a couple of phone calls and not getting ahold of the people interviewed, the editor could have pulled the story on the lacking of evidence those people exist. The press doesn’t need more imaginary people living in Iraq. Even if the editor did find they existed, there has to be questions if they belong to Anti-American organization, had loved ones die in the hands of the U.S. or was even interviewed by the reporter instead of the reporter taking names out of the phonebook.

Anyhow it looks like an Obama propoganda piece rather than a newsworthy story. Nothing happened so it’s not a news story. It’s a few people’s opinions at best so it’s not a poll. It could be an opinion piece that got dumped in the news section which is a big no no for a straight news wire.

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No problem, Doug.

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Ah yes, I see; you are correct– I should have read your post closer. I assumed you were still on the other earlier topic.

My bad!

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Doug you are too quick on your own trigger yet again. Your WH “conspiracy” theory is not even close to the target.

The WH aid e-mail refers to a story about the Spiegel interview with Maliki… a completely different story called Iraqi PM backs Obama troop exit plan – magazine”. That was dated yesterday.

This is a completely different story, with bylines. Try again…

But if you do find anything on THIS story, do let us know. I’ve found nothing yet. Can only guess because the “flavor” don’t sound so good….

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Come to Chicago! It is sick. NONE of these yuppies / liberals here should feel bad about anything, yet all their hearts are bleeding.

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Reuters got too much heat; they were front and center on the story, so they backed off. It was the Reuters piece that was on the distribution list for the White House that was mistakenly sent to media ‘outsiders’ instead of ‘insiders’.

They did the same thing as Maliki, went silent.

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What racial guilt? None of my ancestors were slaveowners. My ancestors were Swiss peasants who on two occasions in the 20th century alone nearly starved to extinction, and 90% decimated by the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1919.

I owe NOTHING to NO-ONE about being blond and blue-eyed.

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