Think Progress contrasts Laura Bush’s recent argument [1]that the media are failing to report all of the good things that are happening to this excerpt from the Iraq Study Group: [2]
In addition, there is significant underreporting of the violence in Iraq. The standard for recording attacks acts as a filter to keep events out of reports and databases…For example, on one day in July 2006 there were 93 attacks or significant acts of violence reported. Yet a careful review of the reports for that single day brought to light 1,100 acts of violence. Good policy is difficult to make when information is systematically collected in a way that minimizes its discrepancy with policy goals.
This excerpt is discussed in this separate Think Progress post, [3] which is based on this article from the Washington Post. [4]
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