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CENTCOM REQUESTS THAT THE MEDIA USE REAL SOURCES WHEN REPORTING ON IRAQ
[+] serious ballot by herzog
created Sat Dec 02, 06
"From CPATT PAO:

BG Abdul-Kareem, the Ministry of Interior Spokesman, went on the record today stating that Capt. Jamil Hussein is not a police officer. He explained the coordinations among MOI, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Defense in attempting to track down these bodies and their joint conclusion was that this was unsubstantiated rumor.

He went on to name several other false sources that have been used recently and appealed to the media to document their news before reporting. He went into some detail about the impact of the press carrying propaganda for the enemies of Iraq and thanked "the friends" who have brought this to their attention.

AP did attend the press conference"

. . . . .

Ministry of Interior Weekly Press Conference Thursday, November 30, 2006

By Brig. Gen. Abdul Kareem Khalaf Al-Kenani
Ministry of Interior spokesman

Press conference synopsis:

1. Media, especially satellite news channels, must adhere to
responsible practices:

a. MOI is monitoring coverage, and will insist on corrections to
false reports.

b. Unnamed sources should not be used. Two recently named sources
do not work for MOI. Contact MOI PAO for official information.

c. Rumors are rampant, and media should be careful to check with
official sources about information to avoid spreading false rumors.

. . . . .

For example, we have some of the respected news outlets that deal with news fast and have a relation with many TV channels and the media in general, who distributed a story quoting a person called Jamil Hussein. Afterward, we searched our sources in our staff for anyone by this name-- maybe he wore an MOI uniform and gave a different name to the reporter for money. And the second name used is Lt. Maythem.

. . . . . .

The second subject is rumors. The ministry received in a week more than 12 cases of claims, one stating 50 killed were there, 200 kidnapped here, 30 corpses found there etc. And when we dispatched our forces and investigators to the locations, we found nothing.

On this note, I would like to thank some of the brothers in the media who are cautious and take the extra step to make sure the news he gets is correct or not, by contacting the ministry to verify any news through us that they hear or receive. Not only (do we reply), but we also give them more detail than they expected, and we hope others will follow suit. Also, we ask our people, please do not take any news or give it credibility, except from a well-known source with a name and an address that is part of the security ministries, etc., such as a minister or police station commander. Or if it is from the MOD or MOI, the name of the officer, his rank, his unit, etc. It is not enough to say "a source from the ministry of interior."

Doing otherwise, you will end up helping the spread of the rumors and make them reality, even thought it was a false rumor. This rumor business -- if a large issue, it will take a long time to cover it, but the purpose of the rumors is to disrupt life and make the security apparatus busy with other things than its main tasks. We will end up following rumors instead of hunting terrorists and criminals.

- - - - -- - - - - -

Sorry for the length but there's a lot of stuff that needed to be said there.

Do you believe that asking that the media; 1) correct their mistakes, 2) not use unnamed sources without any credibility, 3) check rumors for the facts before printing them and otherwise make an effort to begin printing the truth about Iraq are fair requests to make?
No, how can the media function under these harsh restrictions? 64%
Yes, that seems perfectly reasonable 35%
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COMMENTS:
Voted : Yes, that seems perfectly reasonable
The request makes perfect sense.

The fact that it has to be made of american news outlets is absolutely ridiculous. These things should go without saying, unfortunately as we all know, that is far from the case.

by herzog on Sat Dec 02, 06 4:14pm [+]
Fact checking an article should be as common place as checking for spelling errors before they run a story.

That do pretty well at one of those . .
by herzog on Sat Dec 02, 06 4:15pm [+]
Voted : Yes, that seems perfectly reasonable
Ah, such fond dreams I have had...
by Truthseeker013 on Sat Dec 02, 06 4:29pm [+]
Voted : Yes, that seems perfectly reasonable
Had these same principles been applied to the run up to the war (example: Curveball) maybe we/they wouldn't be in this situation in the first place...
by thesoothsayer on Sat Dec 02, 06 4:38pm [+]
Voted : Yes, that seems perfectly reasonable
yup yup
by Mr_Susan on Sat Dec 02, 06 7:48pm [+]
Sponsors don't pay for facts--they pay for embellishments. Facts don't sell, interpretations sell.
by elvislennon on Sat Dec 02, 06 8:25pm [+]
Voted : Yes, that seems perfectly reasonable
Once in a while for kicks I turn on tv to see what the masses are accepting for "news"
I'm past Shame at sharing you folks' species.. so now it just makes me laugh! lol
by Jyl on Sat Dec 02, 06 8:59pm [+]

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