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Daily Show on calling Iraq a "Civil War" [VIDEO]

Posted by Evan Derkacz at 8:18 AM on November 28, 2006.


"Faith-based melee"... "the ongoing scuffle between varying sectarian groups..."
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Both NBC and MSNBC have decided to use the phrase "civil war" when referring to the fighting in Iraq. The administration is apoplectic, as you can imagine, and the absurd game of finding alternative names for everything is in overdrive.

The Daily Show is on it:

When pressed, Daily Show analyst John Oliver -- like our vaunted leadership -- refuses to use the words "civil war," opting instead for "faith-based melee," "internal sovereignty challenge," and more (or less)... (video to the right).

Also, watch Olbermann's segment on the Civil War HERE...

To read more about the media conflict see today's front page story on AlterNet HERE.

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Tagged as: iraq, civil war, daily show, jon stewart

Evan Derkacz is an AlterNet editor. He writes and edits PEEK, the blog of blogs.


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frank67
Posted by: frank67 on Nov 28, 2006 10:24 AM   
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Let's see: Iraqi people killing Iraqi people is not a civil war according to the wingnuts. But...history called Americans killing Americans The Civil War. I must remind the wingnuts to read some history. Oh wait - reading is not a wingnut strong suit!

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A rose by any other name
Posted by: zipper696 on Nov 29, 2006 7:18 AM   
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From day one, even pre-9/11 this Administration has used weasel words for every single action made on their watch.

Remember when military operations were called "Hammerblow", "Lightning", "Whirlwind" and so on...now its "Enduring Freedom" or "Supporting Democracy" or some other dumb name that they think will sound good in a news conference...

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waitinforwaits
Posted by: waitinforwaits on Nov 30, 2006 8:01 PM   
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Perhaps instead of using southpark as a secondary source, you could actually try reading the book. Dawkins makes a very convincing demonstration of the destructive power of religion, but more importantly, the inherent falacy of faith-based reasoning.

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