That nice guy over a TVNewser has a nice
post of the headlines of the Bush speech today. He notes how CNN and MSNBC made
a big headline of “Bush: 30,000 Iraqis dead in war” and supposedly how FOX News
“buried” it.
I of course have a different take on it. FOX News did not bury it but simply made
more of the speech’s entirety rather than make a big deal of of nothing new. From
media reports of days, months and years gone by, this would seem like a conservative
estimate and at least a for gone conclusion. The terrorists have probably killed most
of the innocents in Iraq anyway.
To me it seems that CNN and MSNBC were just trying to play “GOTCHA Headlines”. Maybe
they were thinking that Bush has finally admitted he killed all of those people and
looked to capitalize on it. Who knows, I don’t think so.
Side note: Did this post suck or what? I am talking about mine of course. I am sure
I could have done a better if I had tried harder. Oh well.