Big surprise. A bunch of lying leftwing "journalists" that hate

the US and want the US to lose are claiming that the US is losing.
Only a lying leftwing idiot would take the results of this poll seriously.

In alt.politics.usa.republican Harry Hope <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

: From Reuters, 11/28/07:
: http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN2749667620071128

: Reporters say Baghdad too dangerous despite surge

: By David Morgan

: WASHINGTON (Reuters) -

: Nearly 90 percent of U.S. journalists in Iraq say much of Baghdad is
: still too dangerous to visit, despite a recent drop in violence
: attributed to the build-up of U.S. forces, a poll released on
: Wednesday said.

: The survey by the Washington-based Pew Research Center showed that
: many U.S. journalists believe coverage has painted too rosy a picture
: of the conflict.

: A separate Pew poll released on Tuesday showed that 48 percent of
: Americans believe the U.S. military effort in Iraq is going very or
: fairly well, up from 34 percent in June, amid signs of declining Iraqi
: civilian casualties and progress against Islamist militants such as al
: Qaeda in Iraq.

: But most journalists said they believe violence and the threat of
: violence have increased during their tenures.

: Much of the danger for journalists is faced by local Iraqis, who often
: do most of the reporting outside Baghdad's heavily fortified Green
: Zone, the data showed.

: Fifty-eight percent of U.S. news organizations have had local Iraqi
: staff killed or kidnapped within the past year, the survey said.

: About two-thirds of news outlets said local staff face physical or
: verbal threats at least several times a month.

: "Above all, the journalists -- most of them veteran war correspondents
: -- describe conditions in Iraq as the most perilous they have ever
: encountered, and this above everything else is influencing the
: reporting," the authors said in a report that accompanied the data.

: At least 122 journalists and 41 media support staff have been killed
: in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, the New-York based
: Committee to Protect Journalists says.

: About 85 percent of those killed were Iraqis.

: Pew's Project for Excellence in Journalism surveyed 111 journalists
: who have worked in Iraq for 29 news organizations, all but one of them
: U.S.-based.

: The poll was conducted September 28 through November 7, Pew said.

: Pew had tried to reach a total of 181 journalists, which it believes
: are nearly all those who have covered Iraq for American news
: organizations.

: The journalists gave high marks to the overall reporting effort, with
: 74 percent rating news-gathering as good or excellent.

: The highest marks went to coverage of U.S. troops and the war against
: insurgents.

: Despite claims by U.S. officials that reporting from Iraq is
: negatively biased, 70 percent of those surveyed believe overall
: coverage is accurate, while 15 percent say the coverage makes the
: situation look better than it is.

: Forty-four percent of journalists believe reporting has treated the
: Bush administration fairly, while 43 percent said coverage has been
: too easy on U.S. officials.

: But the data also showed that 67 percent are at least somewhat
: concerned that the accuracy and completeness of their reports have
: suffered because of ongoing security problems that limit their access
: to the country.

: President George W. Bush's so-called surge strategy to stabilize
: Baghdad and its environs has been credited with a fall-off in attacks
: on Iraqi civilians and U.S. coalition forces over the past two months.

: But 87 percent of respondents said at least half of Baghdad remains
: too dangerous for a Western journalist to visit, with the capital's
: Shi'ite-dominated Sadr City enclave rated the most dangerous spot in
: Iraq.

: Eighteen percent said the entire city of Baghdad is too dangerous for
: travel.

: Most U.S. journalists have traveled to danger spots such as Sadr City,
: either under the protection of private security guards or the U.S.
: military.

: "Eight in 10 journalists believe conditions have deteriorated for
: reporters since their own first posting in the country," the survey's
: authors said.

: Under-reported subjects of the war include the plight of Iraqi
: civilians, Shi'ite-on-Shi'ite violence in southern Iraq and general
: events occurring outside Baghdad, journalists said.

Big surprise. A bunch of lying leftwing "journalists" that hate
the US and want the US to lose are claiming that the US is losing.
Only a lying leftwing idiot would take the results of this poll seriously.