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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.

Weekly plans and other materials will always be posted in Vista, not this blog. So go to Bb Vista to get the discussion prompts and other instructions.

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

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Sunday, April 6, 2008

From the horse's mouth

The media seems to be more blood thirsty than how they depict our military. The coverage by the media for the attack on the Green Zone in Iraq really shows how blood thirsty the media really is.

MSNBC breaks the news of the attack with a picture of a bloody child on a hospital table entitled "3 U.S. Soldiers killed in Baghdad attacks." There was also mention of the kidnapping of students in the area. The report is far more gruesome than that of military.com. The military's report was that they encountered heavy attacks during the cease-fire and reverted to the decision to remove five units from returning to Iraq. MSN seems to know more about the event.

Neither coverage contains any noticeable bias. Although, the detail that is given by MSN may not be as trustworthy or dependable since they are not the military. Military.com is possible to be biased solely due to the event being of the military reported by the military they the way they see it. Both reports were primarily facts, the events that occurred, and were consistent, only brief on the military’s behalf.

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