Tuesday, April 01, 2003

FOG LIFTING?

* "You just [expletive] killed a family because you didn't fire a warning shot soon enough!"

Read the whole sickening account here.

* "I report the truth of what is happening in Baghdad and will not apologize for it"

US networks get tough on reporters who fail to toe the line. Link.

* "Support" for war slipping?

Nearly two-thirds of the British public thinks the war on Iraq is going well, according to a new poll.

but,

"Sixty-one per cent still think Britain should not have gone to war without the backing of the UN"

Report

The full survey

* Meanwhile, the BBC Breakfast programme once again trumpeted that "our" boys are better than those cowboy yanks. They cited the checkpoint "murders" (see above), that Brits take their helmets of and give kiddies sweets and yesterday's friendly fire incidents. I should stop watching this crap.

* Finally...

Madonna has decided not to release her controversial video American Life which features her throwing a hand grenade at a George W Bush lookalike who then uses it to light a cigar.

Perhaps this should have been the top story.

* Addendum - "Facts, some fiction and the reporting of war"


Told you so.

As reported in the serious press.

:: Posted by pete @ 12:35