Leej twg nyob rau hauv Kev Tswj ntawm Yuav Ua Li Cas Peb Nco Txog Kev Tsov Rog Iraq?

Los ntawm Jeremy Earp, World BEYOND War, Peb Hlis 16, 2023

"Txhua qhov kev tsov rog tau tawm tsam ob zaug, thawj zaug ntawm kev sib ntaus sib tua, zaum thib ob hauv kev nco."
- Viet Thanh Nguyen

Raws li cov xov xwm tseem ceeb hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas tau tso tseg kom nco ntsoov US kev ntxeem tau ntawm Iraq, nws yog qhov tseeb tias muaj ntau yam lawv vam tias peb yuav tsis nco qab - ua ntej thiab qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws, cov xov xwm tus kheej muaj kev cuam tshuam hauv kev txhawb nqa pej xeem rau kev ua tsov ua rog.

Tab sis qhov ntau koj khawb rau hauv cov xov xwm tseem ceeb los ntawm lub sijhawm ntawd, raws li peb pawg neeg sau ntawv tau ua lub lim tiam dhau los thaum peb muab tso ua ke no tsib-feeb montage los ntawm peb zaj duab xis 2007 Tsov Rog Ua Yooj Yim, qhov nyuaj dua nws yog kom tsis nco qab li cas cov xov xwm tshaj tawm thoob plaws hauv kev tshaj tawm xov xwm thiab xov xwm kab mob tsis txaus ntseeg tshaj tawm cov thawj coj ntawm Bush txoj kev tshaj tawm thiab tawm tsam tawm suab tawm suab.

Cov lej tsis dag. Ib daim ntawv qhia 2003 los ntawm kev tshaj tawm xov xwm saib xyuas Kev Ncaj Ncees & Qhov Tseeb Hauv Kev Tshaj Tawm (FAIR) pom tias nyob rau hauv ob lub lis piam ua rau muaj kev cuam tshuam, ABC World News, NBC Nightly News, CBS Yav Hmo Ntuj Xov Xwm, thiab PBS Newshour tau nthuav tawm tag nrho 267 Asmeskas cov kws tshaj lij, cov kws tshuaj ntsuam xyuas, thiab cov neeg tawm tswv yim ntawm lub koob yees duab supposedly pab ua kom nkag siab txog kev taug kev mus ua rog. Ntawm 267 tus qhua no, qhov xav tsis thoob 75% yog tam sim no lossis yav dhau los tsoomfwv lossis tub rog tub ceev xwm, thiab tag nrho cov loj ntawm ib tug qhia tej kev tsis ntseeg.

Meanwhile, nyob rau hauv lub ntiaj teb ceev-loj hlob ntawm cable xov xwm, Fox News's tawv-hais lus, pro-war jingoism tau teeb tsa tus qauv rau kev ntaus nqi-kev ceev faj cov thawj coj ntawm feem ntau ntawm ntau "liberal" cable networks. MSNBC thiab CNN, xav tias qhov kub ntawm qhov kev lag luam sab hauv tau hu "Fox effect," tau mob siab rau sim tawm tsam lawv cov neeg sib tw sab xis - thiab ib leeg - los ntawm kev tshem tawm cov suab nrov thiab pom leej twg tuaj yeem tsoo lub nruas nrov tshaj plaws.

Ntawm MSNBC, raws li Iraq ntxeem tau mus txog thaum ntxov 2003, cov thawj coj hauv network txiav txim siab tua Phil Donahue Txawm hais tias nws cov yeeb yam tau muaj kev ntaus nqi siab tshaj plaws ntawm cov channel. A leaked nyob rau hauv memo piav qhia tias cov thawj coj saum toj kawg nkaus pom Donahue yog "tus neeg nkees nkees, sab laug-tis liberal" uas yuav yog "qhov nyuaj rau pej xeem lub ntsej muag rau NBC nyob rau lub sijhawm ua tsov rog." Kev ceeb toom tias Donahue "zoo li zoo siab rau kev nthuav tawm cov qhua uas tawm tsam kev ua tsov ua rog, tawm tsam Bush thiab tsis ntseeg txog kev tswj hwm txoj kev xav," daim ntawv ceeb toom tau ceeb toom tias nws qhov kev ua yeeb yam tuaj yeem xaus "lub tsev rau cov txheej txheem kev ywj pheej tawm tsam tib lub sijhawm. tias peb cov neeg sib tw tau waving tus chij ntawm txhua lub sijhawm. "

Tsis tas yuav outdone, CNN xov xwm tus thawj coj Eason Jordan yuav khav ntawm huab cua tias nws tau ntsib nrog Pentagon cov tub ceev xwm thaum lub sijhawm khiav mus rau kev ntxeem tau kom tau txais kev pom zoo rau kev ua tsov rog ntawm lub koob yees duab "cov kws tshaj lij" lub network yuav cia siab rau. "Kuv xav tias nws yog ib qho tseem ceeb uas yuav tsum muaj cov kws tshaj lij piav qhia txog kev ua tsov ua rog thiab piav qhia txog cov khoom siv tub rog, piav qhia txog cov tswv yim, tham txog lub tswv yim tom qab kev tsis sib haum xeeb," Jordan piav qhia. "Kuv tau mus rau Pentagon kuv tus kheej ob peb zaug ua ntej kev tsov rog pib thiab ntsib nrog cov neeg tseem ceeb nyob ntawd thiab hais. . . ntawm no yog cov thawj coj uas peb tab tom xav kom tuav tswv yim rau peb saum huab cua thiab tawm ntawm kev ua tsov rog, thiab peb tau txais tus ntiv tes xoo loj rau lawv txhua tus. Qhov ntawd yog qhov tseem ceeb. "

Raws li Norman Solomon soj ntsuam hauv peb zaj duab xis Tsov Rog Ua Yooj Yim, uas peb raws li nws phau ntawv ntawm tib lub npe, bedrock democratic txoj cai ntawm kev ywj pheej, tawm tsam xovxwm tsuas yog pov tawm ntawm lub qhov rais. "Feem ntau cov neeg sau xov xwm liam rau tsoomfwv rau qhov ua tsis tiav ntawm cov neeg sau xov xwm lawv tus kheej ua kev tshaj tawm ywj pheej," Solomon hais. "Tab sis tsis muaj leej twg yuam cov koom haum loj xws li CNN ua ntau cov lus tawm tswv yim los ntawm cov laus laus thiab cov neeg saib xyuas thiab tag nrho cov seem ntawm nws. . . Nws tsis yog ib yam dab tsi los nkaum, thaum kawg. Nws yog ib yam dab tsi hais rau cov neeg Asmeskas, 'Saib, peb yog pab pawg neeg ua si. Tej zaum peb yuav yog cov xov xwm tshaj tawm, tab sis peb nyob rau tib sab thiab tib nplooj ntawv raws li Pentagon.' . . . Thiab qhov ntawd yeej khiav ncaj qha rau lub tswv yim ntawm cov xov xwm ywj pheej. "

Qhov tshwm sim yog ib tug NW nyuam qhuav debated, kev dag ntxias, headlong maj mus rau hauv kev tsov rog ntawm kev xaiv uas yuav mus rau destabilize lub cheeb tsam, nrawm thoob ntiaj teb kev ua phem, ntshav trillions ntawm las los ntawm US cov nyiaj txiag, thiab tua Ntau txhiab tus neeg ua haujlwm hauv Asmeskas thiab ntau pua txhiab tus Iraqis, feem ntau ntawm lawv cov neeg dawb huv. Txawm li cas los xij ob xyoos tom qab, raws li peb mob siab puas tau ze dua tej zaum yuav muaj kev puas tsuaj tshiab kev tsov kev rog, yeej tsis muaj kev lav phib xaub lossis kev tshaj tawm nyob rau hauv cov xov xwm tseem ceeb los ua kom peb nco txog lawv tus kheej lub luag haujlwm txiav txim siab muag kev tsov rog Iraq.

Nws yog ib qho kev tsis nco qab peb muaj peev xwm them taus, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog ntau yam ntawm cov qauv tshaj tawm los ntawm 20 xyoo dhau los tam sim no rov ua lawv tus kheej ntawm overdrive - los ntawm tag nrho cov nplai. Reboot thiab kev ncaj ncees ntawm cov thawj coj Iraq ua tsov ua rog architects thiab cheerleaders rau cov xov xwm tshaj tawm txoj kev txuas ntxiv kev cia siab rau "cov kws tshaj lij" kos los ntawm lub qhov rooj revolving ntiaj teb ntawm Pentagon thiab kev lag luam riam phom (feem ntau tsis muaj kev tshaj tawm).

"Lub cim xeeb yog ib qho kev pab tswv yim hauv txhua lub teb chaws, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog kev nco txog kev ua tsov ua rog," Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen tau sau. "Los ntawm kev tswj cov lus piav qhia ntawm kev tsov kev rog uas peb tau tawm tsam, peb ua pov thawj tias kev tsov rog peb yuav tawm tsam tam sim no."

Raws li peb cim lub hnub nyoog 20 xyoo ntawm kev tua neeg Asmeskas ntxeem tau ntawm Iraq, nws yog ib qho tseem ceeb kom rov qab nco txog kev ua tsov rog no tsis yog los ntawm Bush cov thawj coj uas tau ua haujlwm rau nws, tab sis kuj los ntawm cov tuam txhab xov xwm uas tau pab muag nws thiab tau sim tswj. zaj dab neeg txij thaum ntawd los.

Jeremy Earp yog Tus Thawj Coj Ua Haujlwm ntawm Cov Media Education Foundation (MEF) thiab tus thawj coj, nrog Loretta Alper, ntawm MEF documentary "Kev Ua Tsov Rog Ua Kom Yooj Yim: Yuav Ua Li Cas Thawj Tswj Hwm & Pundits Cia Peb Ua Kom Tuag," featuring Norman Solomon. Txhawm rau kos lub 20th hnub tseem ceeb ntawm Iraq invasion, lub RootsAction Education Fund yuav muaj kev soj ntsuam virtual ntawm "Kev Ua Tsov Rog Ua Si" thaum Lub Peb Hlis 20th ntawm 6:45 PM Sab Hnub Tuaj, ua raws li kev sib tham nrog Solomon, Dennis Kucinich, Kathy Kelly, Marcy Winograd, Is Nrias teb Walton, thiab David Swanson. Nyem no sau npe rau qhov kev tshwm sim, thiab nias ntawm no mus kwj "Kev Ua Tsov Rog Ua Si" ua ntej pub dawb.