The Big Lie

As we head into Year Four of the one of the longest and costliest war in American history, FOX & Friends continue to flog the idea that the reason all us America-haters think Iraq is a mess is that the America-hating media is conspiring to discredit our Fearless Leader. A reporter on the ground points out the logical fallacy in that proposition:

Iraq reporter Christopher Allbritton on "The Big Lie"
"Let's conduct a little thought experiment. '“The media'” here are fiercely competitive. Everyone of us is looking for any angle -- any! --— that will break news, make our stories stand out or otherwise distinguish ourselves. That's what journalists do, and the corps here comes from the entire ideological spectrum, from the conservative to the socialist. But weirdly, this herd of cats --— which is what we could be best be compared to --— have all come to the same conclusion: Iraq is a mess."