What World Do They Live In, Anyway?
A co-worker forwarded me an email from MoveOn.org. If it wasn't so incredibly sad it would be funny. From the email...
Yesterday we reached the sad milestone of 2,000 killed in Iraq. But for the most part, the national media are ignoring this tragic milestone. The men and women who died deserve better. Together, we can help make sure the media report on this moment.
Huh? What media are they watching or reading? The media was tripping all over each other to pound the "grim milestone" story. Jerry Lewis and Ed McMahon don't roll the tote-board with as much enthusiasm.
Another way you can help, especially if you can't attend a vigil, is by making a contribution to put our new TV ad on the air. The new ad puts the story of those killed in Iraq on TV in a very dignified and solemn tone.
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Our ad uses the images of a coffin in the desert with a solemn trumpet playing in the background. As a narrator reads the names of some of those killed in Iraq, the ad asks the question, "How many more?" The parents or widowed spouse of those killed gave us permission to use the name of their loved one in the ad.
Yeah, real dignified.
The letter continues...
At a time when reporters are getting tired of reporting on the death and destruction in Iraq, it’s up to us to help make sure that the human cost of this war is recognized.
I'm not surprised the reporters are getting tired of reporting on the death and destruction. I would get pretty tired of anything I did 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Maybe if they mixed in a story or two about the restoration of the wetlands, or all the immunizations we've given, or all the schools we've built or the burgeoning independent Iraqi media, or the growth of the Iraqi stock market, or the fact that they majority Kurdish households have a picture of George W. Bush hanging somewhere because he is viewed as a hero, they wouldn't get so tired of reporting on the death and destruction.
Yesterday we reached the sad milestone of 2,000 killed in Iraq. But for the most part, the national media are ignoring this tragic milestone. The men and women who died deserve better. Together, we can help make sure the media report on this moment.
Huh? What media are they watching or reading? The media was tripping all over each other to pound the "grim milestone" story. Jerry Lewis and Ed McMahon don't roll the tote-board with as much enthusiasm.
Another way you can help, especially if you can't attend a vigil, is by making a contribution to put our new TV ad on the air. The new ad puts the story of those killed in Iraq on TV in a very dignified and solemn tone.
...
Our ad uses the images of a coffin in the desert with a solemn trumpet playing in the background. As a narrator reads the names of some of those killed in Iraq, the ad asks the question, "How many more?" The parents or widowed spouse of those killed gave us permission to use the name of their loved one in the ad.
Yeah, real dignified.
The letter continues...
At a time when reporters are getting tired of reporting on the death and destruction in Iraq, it’s up to us to help make sure that the human cost of this war is recognized.
I'm not surprised the reporters are getting tired of reporting on the death and destruction. I would get pretty tired of anything I did 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Maybe if they mixed in a story or two about the restoration of the wetlands, or all the immunizations we've given, or all the schools we've built or the burgeoning independent Iraqi media, or the growth of the Iraqi stock market, or the fact that they majority Kurdish households have a picture of George W. Bush hanging somewhere because he is viewed as a hero, they wouldn't get so tired of reporting on the death and destruction.
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