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This blog will be used in the spring of 2008 by 80+ students at Drexel University to investigate the effects of Iraq on culture and the reverse. Our goal will be to better understand why the US is in Iraq, and to question whether literature can help us on this journey.

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I intend this blog to manage our discussions and track our collective investigation.

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Thursday, April 3, 2008

Media taking sides in Iraq War?

There have been lots of rumors that media only presents new on Iraq that are against the War in Iraq. In some cases if those news are not found then media tries to force their way out. Their have been recent accusation towards BBC news that they presented some false news on Iraq war. There are reports that people working in BBC are anti-Iraq war. Basically, its being accused of being biased in terms of Iraq war news. BBC news is not the only news thats been accused of being biased, "Sun" news organizations has also been accused of doing that. I personally thing that this is ridiculous. I am pretty sure these are not the only news organization that are being biased. We the people rely on news channel to inform us with truth and fair information. Their haven't been lots of people who are with Iraq war in this country. That doesn't necessarily make those people right. It doesn't give them rights to convince their opposer with injustice. I also personally have noticed some sort of biased during news. I have noticed that whenever bad new is presented, its given more time and importance during the news. While, news that are for Iraq war are not really being presented in same manner. Basically, those news are given less importance.

Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2003/apr/22/iraqandthemedia.politicsandthemedia

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