Follow-up on the bad news is the medias fault
Outrage level (scale of 1-10): 10

I have come across another instance where the media is responsible for all the bad news coming out of Iraq. In a piece from International Herald Tribune they say that the actual death tolls because of the U.S. invasion is Iraq could be as high as 600,000. This is my favorite part of the article:

In the last week of September, the government barred the central morgue in Baghdad and the Health Ministry - the two main sources of information for civilian deaths - from releasing figures to the news media. Now, only the government is allowed to release figures. (IHT)

Rock on! Now, the media can not possibly be responsible for reporting the bad news. The government (God Bless Them!) will give us the real facts.

Now, only the government is allowed to release figures. It has not provided statistics for September, though a spokesman said Tuesday that it would. (IHT)

Huh, well, no news is good news, am I right? Whether the study that says we killed 600,000 civilians is 100% accurate or not, the American people should know the correct number verified by an independent source before they go and elect these crooks, AGAIN!

This must be one of those situations where the results are best not released until after the mid-term elections like the intelligence report from Iraq or the results of the investigation into Foley.

The moral of the story is that you don't need to get any information from independent sources, the government will tell you everything you need to know and if they don't tell you, you don't need to know.

USA! USA! USA! USA!

Speaking of apple pie and Chevrolets, GO TIGERS!