[MEG33]

I am amazed that anyone thought the truth was/is reported from any country that has state ruled press.The fact that they were paying off some reporters is a real slam on journalists' integrity. I am aware ..and so are many in America that agenda driven reporting is rampant.

[dwswager]

The fact that all reporting from dictatorships is censored is the reason all dictoratorships end up being worse that the average person believes.

The equivalence that news agencies pay to dictatorships is so damaging to those oppressed masses. It is precisely this equivalence that makes the UN such a pernicious instituition. While I might depise Chirac and De Villepin, I know that for good or ill, they represent to current truth of French society. Tariq Aziz represented only the opinion of Saddam Husein.