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| Blogger Takes On U.S. Military |
| 2005-01-30 |
| Via Lucianne: In a testament to the power of the Web, and to the power of political freedom, Internet viewers now have access to two very different images of war, reports CBS News Correspondent Randall Pinkston. One is run by a single man with a shoestring budget, and the other is backed by all the resources of the U.S. military. But on the Internet, the ideas behind both are on an even playing field. Maj. Scott Bleichwehl says he believes there is too much focus on news that isn't so good in Iraq. To combat this focus on negativity, he runs a Web site featuring images showing progress in Iraq. "We're trying to reach the media and the general public with the information that we feel was pertinent to that operation," he says. Trevor Davis, a 26 year-old blogger, runs a Web site that features disturbing images that most Americans don't see on the evening news or in a newspaper. Davis says he created crisispictures.org because he doesn't feel Americans are getting the whole picture from Iraq. "I really believe that if we're going to take responsibility for this war we have to know what its costs are," he says. Davis's Web site focuses on images of suffering in Fallujah. His site features pictures of an Iraqi man weeping on a coffin, a little girl who lost her parents, and Iraqi men who lost their lives. There is a real difference in tone between the two sites. In a sequence on Fallujah, the military's images focus on maps, weapons, and a torture chamber where an Iraqi captive was beheaded. There are few pictures of people. Bleichwehl says there are no pictures of military or civilian causalities because "the point we were trying to make is that Fallujah is no longer a safe haven for these terrorists." Viewers can look at both and decide for themselves if one is more persuasive than the other. I need to take a shower - for See-BS to put out this shit - it's not just the blogger. |
| Posted by:Spemble Hupains4886 |
| #6 They may not want the world to know who they are, but I know for a definitive fact the server that serves their pages is on the same basic network segment as airamericaradio.com The server is out of New York at Globix Corporation, the same folks that host airamericaradio. My thinking is this fella is not operating 'on a shoestring budget' and is by no means independant. |
| Posted by: badanov 2005-01-30 6:07:42 PM |
| #5 Well, whoever they are they don't want us to know. They're registered through domainsbyproxy.com. |
| Posted by: Parabellum 2005-01-30 12:19:22 PM |
| #4 Not for, not against. The Swis were neutral too, but were bankers. Are they for or against democracy? Sure the face of a mother mourning her child needs explanation - it's called "nuance." |
| Posted by: anonymous2u 2005-01-30 11:51:20 AM |
| #3 From their About page: What We Are Crisis Pictures is a non-commercial organization dedicated to building awareness of global crisis areas through pictures. Our goal is to make distant events personal by showing real people living through them. The face of a mother mourning her child needs no explanation. Crisis Pictures makes âstories about other peopleâ into âstories about other people just like me." Crisis Pictures is a public information service that is free and open to the public. Our Position on Iraq We are NOT against the war in Iraq. We are NOT for the war in Iraq. Therefore, they are against the war in Iraq. We want YOU to examine your own conscience and decide if this is worth it. We encourage you to research other aspects of the story and then make up your mind. If we must take a side, it is the side of the mother who has lost a child, whatever her nationality might be. Do Pictures Lie? Pictures don't tell lies, people tell lies. That being said, this is not is it the whole story nor does it claim to be. . It is an aspect of the truth that is not shown elsewhere. All of our pictures come from verifiable, legitimate sources which we pay licensing fees. Who do you work for? Crisis Pictures is not affiliated with any political organization or cause. We are neither Democrat, nor Republican. Actually they are affiliated with Air America, and with Rosie O'Donnell, and whomever she fronts for. |
| Posted by: badanov 2005-01-30 10:58:43 AM |
| #2 This fella is apparently a front for the anti-war left. He is closely tied to lesbian media dog Rosie O'Donnell in some form or another. No question in my mind the site is politicaly motivated. This could be the left's big stab to try to stampede an American withdrawl from Iraq before the job is done. |
| Posted by: badanov 2005-01-30 10:35:15 AM |
| #1 File this under "find a funeral for the anaugeration" reporting. Davis says he created crisispictures.org because he doesnât feel Americans are getting the whole picture from Iraq They are. Their sources include ABC, NBC, CBS [which by the way is the source of this piece of crap], PBS, CNN, MSNBC, NYT, WoPo, AP, Al Rueters.... But its nice to have people put their names on the list voluntarily. |
| Posted by: Crereper Thomble7321 2005-01-30 10:24:08 AM |