Journalist, blogger and self styled media watch pundit Andrew Bolt in his recent post titled
Media conscript thousands to anti-American protest in Iraq over at the Herald Sun accuses both the Associated Press and the New York Times of lying about the number of protesters present at the recent Al Sadr Anti-US-occupation protest in Najaf. He writes:
"Both the Associated Press and New York Times reported that 'tens of thousands' attended the protest. [and that] This picture of the small Najaf protest confirms that once again the bad news from Iraq is never bad enough for the media:"
As I helpfully pointed out to Andrew in a comment he never posted, the cropped photo fails to show the true numbers of protesters as detailed in ThinkProgress' article titled
Right Wing Uses Cropped Photo To Downplay Size Of Iraq Protest where they accurately report:
Conservatives are denying reality. Protesters were not restricted to the square seen in the military’s photo; in fact, they choked the 7-kilometer road between Najaf and neighboring Kufa and clogged streets leading to Sadrein Square, the main rallying point.”
Frankly Andrew, as a journalist you're starting to give blogging a bad name.
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