Howard Kurtz's Argument Against The Iraq War

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What the video was trying to get across was the irony in what Howard Kurtz has said which is, “I believe that these newscasts in 2005 and 2006 played the biggest single role in helping to turn public opinion against the war.” They also show more videos of the news fabricating a lot of the Iraq War. It showed the media hyping up previews of stories to gain more viewers for their ratings. A lot of the news networks also used controversial language and propaganda as well. The news wanted to try and exaggerate real events and incite fear to prove that we needed the military to intervene. Here are some examples of the language that the media tried to use in their previews for their news coverage: “who is the enemy of America?”, “the clock ticks,

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