While the Iraqi govt continued its military assault in Basra, the NPR was unequivocal: "There is no doubt that this operation needed to happen."
Such flat-out statements, uttered with journalistic tones and without attribution, are routine for the US media. In the "War Made Easy" documentary film, I put it this way: "If you're pro-war,you're objective. But if you're antiwar, you're biased..." |