Response to Article

I found the article “Iranians and Media Coverage of the War in Iraq: Rhetoric, Propaganda, and Contradiction,” very interesting. I think there is a lot to be said about the medias influence on war and big events. A country is only as strong as it's people and media has a really big influence on its people. So if the people are thinking that are tens of thousand of deaths their opinions on the war are going to be very different than if deaths have been kept to a minimum. This article really made me think about the media coverage on September 11^th more than anything because I remember watching it. The only information that we have access to is delivered by the media. What if our news castings had been censored like those in the west, would we have different opinions on those horrific events? I think it really is so wrong that people are being misinformed on something so big. It hard to make clear, rational opinions when all the facts are being skewed.  It is clear that Saddam was a cowardly man and did everything in his power to make sure that the people in Iraq felt negatively towards Americans and the war so he could have the ultimate control.