Chris Wallace’s ‘media bias’ on Iraq.
By on Nov 2nd, 2007 at 1:26 pm
Chris Wallace’s ‘media bias’ on Iraq.
Portfolio points to a Wednesday interview with Chris Wallace on WOR radio, in which he criticized media outlets for failing to report on October’s U.S. troop death toll in Iraq:
There is bias in the media…Do you know how many American soldiers were killed either in direct action or even in accidents in Iraq in the month of October? Thirty-four…That story is untold. I haven’t heard it anyplace except Fox News….You don’t see it in The New York Times. You don’t see it in The Washington Post.
But the day of Wallace’s interview — Oct. 31 — wasn’t the end of the month. Thirty-nine U.S. troops actually died last month, a fact reported today by The New York Times and the Washington Post, among other papers.
(HT: Eschaton)
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What? Are we supposed to be cheering because 34 er excuse me 39 of our soldiers were killed in an illegal occupation of a country that just happens to have lots of Oil?
It’s still 39 unexcusable deaths of our fellow countrymen you fool.
Buck Fush
November 2nd, 2007 at 1:30 pmOk, summarizing:
TP flogs a pundit
for flogging the press
for not flogging the politicians a day early
about something everyone agrees is bad.
yes, I can see how that is newsworthy
November 2nd, 2007 at 1:32 pmChris Wallace has always had this problem of not waiting until the end of something before offering an opinion. It’s because his Dad, Mike, always had his “60 Minutes” pieces air within the first 20 minutes of the show and then little Chris turned off the TV.
November 2nd, 2007 at 1:33 pmThe number of deaths exceeded the war long average in each of the first 8 months this year. The number in the ninth month, September, was barely below average (5% below average). So now we are supposed to believe (again) that the war has turned the corner, just because U.S. soldiers have been held in their bases for one month to create an artificial impression?
Petraeus is a disgrace to the uniform.
November 2nd, 2007 at 1:38 pmWhat superpatriot Wallace fails to note is that one American death is one too many, since those soldiers are not dying for some glorious, noble cause, but rather for the lies that are spewed forth by their government. These soldiers should realize that they are being used for canon fodder by this uncaring administration and that it is way past the point that they disobey those orders that they are given which are being used to brutalize and terrorize the Iraqi people. Soldiers revolt-now.
November 2nd, 2007 at 1:41 pmChris should know all about media bias, working at Fox Noise.
November 2nd, 2007 at 1:42 pmOnly 31 US troops died in the month of March 2006 – was that a signal that the policy was working, too?
845 US dead in ten months of 2007.
November 2nd, 2007 at 1:42 pm822 in all of 2006.
846 in all of 2005.
849 in all of 2004.
39?!?!
is that all? what’s all the fuss about?
that’s just 39 families without a son/daughter/mother/father!!!!
small price to pay for _________ (fill in the blank)
November 2nd, 2007 at 1:43 pmWhat infuriates more than anything in the corporate news is the lack of numbers on Iraqi dead and displaced, both externally and internally. But who cares about them, right?
November 2nd, 2007 at 1:44 pmChris**Hack**Hack**Wallace
Sorry bad cough….
November 2nd, 2007 at 1:45 pmsend chris wallace over there and call it an even 40.
November 2nd, 2007 at 1:47 pmWhy doesn’t FOXNEWS report on the good news that the Bush Administration has agreed to relocate 80,000 Iraqi immigrants to the US (out of the 2 million Iraqi refugees)?
November 2nd, 2007 at 1:47 pm845 US dead in ten months of 2007.
822 in all of 2006.
846 in all of 2005.
849 in all of 2004.
Comment by gulfwargrunt — November 2, 2007 @ 1:42 pm
That sums it up so nicely that it is worth repeating.
November 2nd, 2007 at 1:47 pmThere seems to be an unending supply of right-wing idiots in the corporate media willing to whore for the Bush crime family and their wars of imperial aggression.
In a side note, Juan Cole has a brilliant suggestion for Democrats: call for the immediate closing of our monster embassy in Baghdad and end trying to force State Dept. career diplomats to serve in that hell-hole. Visit http://www.juancole.com for details…
November 2nd, 2007 at 1:51 pmI have to leave this thread now. Should any troll show up here, please shove comment #8 down its throat again and again until it leaves.
November 2nd, 2007 at 1:52 pm39 soldiers and nearly 900 Iraqis reported dead last month, and the wingnuts feel vindicated.
Just call it the ghoulish bigotry of evil expectations.
November 2nd, 2007 at 1:52 pmYep, more troops died in 2007 than in all of 2006.
http://www.juancole.com/2007/10/us-troop-deaths-up-over-2006-air.html
November 2nd, 2007 at 1:55 pm#16: the troll is currently in the Rudy thread.
November 2nd, 2007 at 1:59 pmChris Wallace you are an idiot. Why didn’ t you serve your country when you were of age? Because you were too busy running around being rich. So don’t sit in your ivory tower and tell the rest of us what to do. It’s little spoiled rich boys like you that wave the flag, but run when it’s time to fight. You make me sick to my stomach you COWARD. Shut your fat mouth and go to Iraq and fight if you think it’s so important to die there.
November 2nd, 2007 at 2:05 pmThe real problem with Fox News is that they are hard up for something good to report in Iraq.
November 2nd, 2007 at 2:32 pmTHEY JUST CANNOT GET ENOUGH DEATH!
…An Associated Press poll in February found that the average American believed about 9,900 Iraqis had been killed since the end of major combat operations in 2003. Recent evidence suggests that things in Iraq may be 100 times worse than Americans realize.
…the respected British polling firm ORB released the results of a poll estimating that 22 percent of households had lost a member to violence during the occupation of Iraq, equating to 1.2 million (Iraqi) deaths.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/ne…..6773.story
November 2nd, 2007 at 2:39 pmCoulter tried the old, more soldiers killed in WWII than in Iraq as well. The fact that 1 soldier died for this worthless, corrupt administration is 1 too many.
November 2nd, 2007 at 2:40 pmIs Chris Wallace Mike Wallace’s son? If he is makes me feel better to know that all families have an idiot.
November 2nd, 2007 at 2:57 pmFolks remember when Prez Clinton did the smackdown of Wallace.Fake Dem, lawerence O’Donnel you know one of those supposedly Dems who are on TV often playing Dem.O’Donnels responce to libs calling out Wallace for his Repukes views was”I know Chris Wallace & Chris Wallace is no Partisan”
November 2nd, 2007 at 6:14 pmMoral of the story don’t be swayed by the small caption D appearing at the end of their names once they are on TV.Most of them with the D after their names are repukes playing Dem on tv put no trust in TV.
As you all well know it, FoxNoise’s logic as long as the body count is less then the previous months it is progress. Never mind the worthless details that the government is failing and there is still 2 million Iraqis displaced. If any of these turds are in heaven when I die then I don’t want any part of that heaven.
November 4th, 2007 at 7:52 pm