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Reader Comments on Aardvark Daily 18 March 2003

Note: the comments below are the unabridged submissions of readers and do
not necessarily reflect the opinions of the publisher.

From: Aaron Bird
For : The Editor (for publication)
Subj: Iraq News

Iraq journal is a great site, independent journalists on
the ground reporting, I don’t know what the coverage during
the war will be, but worth a look.

www.iraqjournal.org.




From: Barry
For : The Editor (for publication)
Subj: War News

Looks like I'll be getting my news from Aardvark ;)




From: Sam Wallace
For : The Editor (for publication)
Subj: the best news source is...

http://www.zmag.org/




From: Peter
For : The Editor (for publication)
Subj: News coverage

This morning I read a piece that discussed the growing
disparity between US coverage and International coverage,
especially the lack of questioning about things like
torture reports.

My key to getting an overall view is variety. The
Washington Post gives a good insight into what the US is
being fed. Cartoonists give a good view of those more
willing to be critical.

I am starting to get used to how Google presents news, it
is good for a random snapshot of coverage of the moment.

The National Radio programme is good.

TV News is hopeless and getting worse. More "show" and less
news all the time.

Local newspapers are ok in a limited way.

But of course, I am inclined to read mostly what suits my
viewpoint.




From: jonathan dodd
For : The Editor (for publication)
Subj: getting the truth

Mainstream media's an absolute joke at times like this.

If you want a more balanced perspective (ie I'm not saying
these other sites are objective, but they certainly reveal
a lot not shown in NZ), try the following:

http://www.newsinsider.org/
http://www.guerrillanews.com/index.html




From: Tim Haines
For : The Editor (for publication)
Subj: This is insightful

http://dear_raed.blogspot.com/ is a 'diary' written by a
young guy living in Iraq




From: Tim
For : The Editor (for publication)
Subj: Missing from the news?

Two things I haven't seen covered in the news recently are
the human shields, and the lack of 'evidence that Iraq has
weapons' that the US has always claims it had.  Has anyone
seen information about these stories recently?

I found it sickening that news of one US woman getting
crushed by a bulldozer got such world press coverage.  I
doubt the human shields in Iraq will get an equal amount
of coverage.

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