The Missing Links
Even if you have finally turned off the white noise and get most of your news in print or online, it's often hard not to start wondering, based on the headlines and the most prominently placed stories, whether or not the Bush Administration's single-minded obsession with war is somehow justified by the facts. Paranoia, after all, is an insidious thing--and when its being jammed down your throat 24/7, it's hard not to become suseptible to the pro-war spin coming out of Washington, courtesy of everyone from Rush to the New York Times.
To get you through these moments of weakness, I highly suggest that you spend an hour or so looking at the country through the eyes of the international press. In particular, it's fascinating to read outside anaylsis of our wartime media coverage. In yesterday's Guardian, there's a compelling analysis of the Washington Post's attempt (and utter failure) to either substantiate or invalidate the link between al-Qaida and Iraq; and a look at how that non-story trickled down into the news cylce to create the overall impression that, despite the lack of evidence, there is most certainly a link.
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