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Author Message   themp Supporter Username: Themp Post Number: 2717 Registered: 12-2001 Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 11:26 am:        Watch Howard Kurtz loyally feed talking points into the spinning blade of beautiful Lara Logan. KURTZ: But critics would say, well, no wonder people back home think things are falling apart because we get this steady drumbeat of negativity from the correspondents there. LOGAN: Well, who says things aren't falling apart in Iraq? I mean, what you didn't see on your screens this week was all the unidentified bodies that have been turning up, all the allegations here of militias that are really controlling the security forces. What about all the American soldiers that died this week that you didn't see on our screens? I mean, we've reported on reconstruction stories over and over again…I mean, I really resent the fact that people say that we're not reflecting the true picture here. That's totally unfair and it's really unfounded. It goes on from there. http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/03/26.html#a7669   tom Citizen Username: Tom Post Number: 4630 Registered: 5-2001 Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 11:44 am:        Toward the end I found myself thinking about the ancient Aztec version of basketball, in which Mr. Kurtz's head is severed and slam dunked by Ms. Logan. He tried to score an after-the-buzzer goal on Laura Ingraham's tour in Iraq. He said eight days, but the outer days were travel days, so it was only six full days. And it was all spent in armored convoys in the protection of U.S. troops. That's right, Ms. Logan repeatedly made the same point that journalists can't cover "feel good" stories because the security situation is so bad that they can't travel, and even if they do they put whatever it is they're covering at risk. And Laura Ingraham proves it. Logan's reaction to "eight days" is perfect.   Soda Supporter Username: Soda Post Number: 3680 Registered: 5-2001 Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 1:59 pm:        Hey Howie! If Laura Ingraham looked like this, maybe the troops would feel better about what they're fighting for... -s.