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Thats not what Im saying at all. Im not creating a false dilemma fallacy. Iraq didnt have wmds, journalists reiterated official talking points uncritically, ev
by rokosbasilisk 10y ago
Thats not what Im saying at all.
Im not creating a false dilemma fallacy. Iraq didnt have wmds, journalists reiterated official talking points uncritically, even as intelligence officers came out to say otherwise.
What happened with Iraq was a great example of fake news propaganda and the failure of journalism lately, because it was soo wrong not even close to "perfectly correct" or correct anything.
- drewbuschhorn 10y agoI think the main stream media's report on it at the time was reasonable to the facts available (though a quo bono on it should, and did, make some outlets question the evidence). You can't judge decisions in the past based on new evidence unless you can show those original decision makers had the evidence.
- rokosbasilisk 10y agoI think we have different core axioms and are at an impasse. I think due to the extreme nature of war, journalists largely failed their responsibilty, and what we know today confirms it. The large amount of human misery it created was too great a cost, and the refusal to learn lessons from it is a huge tragedy. Thank you for the fairly civil discussion.
- drewbuschhorn 10y agoThank you too, at least now we've worked down to what we really disagree about. GG