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Comment by Larry Ross, June 12, 2007

UK forces have become more against the war and more aware that Bush and Blair have based it on massive fraud and lies. Of great interest is their awareness that journalists and the media generally, including the BBC and now The Guardian, are functioning as propagandists and justifiers of the war.

It is indeed a sad day if it is true that The Guardian has abandoned its integrity and become propagandists, defenders and apologists for this great crime.

If any readers notice this alleged deterioration in The Guardian, please send me examples or articles to me at: nuclearfreenz@lynx.co.nx

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The British Army rebels against propaganda

by John Pilger, June 6, 2007

"It is not enough for journalists to see themselves as mere messengers without understanding
the hidden agendas of the message and myths that surround it"

In his latest column for the New Statesman, John Pilger quotes from a letter received from a British army officer serving in Iraq and sent to the BBC. The officer calls the war unwinnable and wrong, and appeals to the media not to swallow "the office/White House line". For the first time, journalists are now being scrutinised by the soldiers whose war they report.

An experienced British officer serving in Iraq has written to the BBC describing the invasion as “illegal, immoral and unwinnable” which, he says, is “the overwhelming feeling of many of my peers”. In a letter to the BBC's Newsnight and Medialens.org he accuses the media's “embedded coverage with the US Army” of failing to question “the intentions and continuing effects of the US-led invasion and occupation”.

He says most British soldiers regard their tours as “loathsome”, during which they “reluctantly [provide] target practice for insurgents, senselessly haemorrhaging casualties and squandering soldiers' lives, as part of Bush's vain attempt to delay the inevitable Anglo-US rout until after the next US election.” He appeals to journalists not to swallow “the official line/ White House propaganda”.

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