Salon.com has a great article about the U.S. government’s control over the mainstream media:

It’s a curious thing that, over the past 10 - 12 days, the news from Iraq refers to the combatants there as “al-Qaida” fighters. When did that happen?

Until a few days ago, the combatants in Iraq were “insurgents” or they were referred to as “Sunni” or “Shia’a” fighters in the Iraq Civil War. Suddenly, without evidence, without proof, without any semblance of fact, the US military command is referring to these combatants as “al-Qaida”.

Welcome to the latest in Iraq propaganda.

The media continues to dine blindly from the Bush Administration’s  smorgasbord of propaganda.  Pandering to the power just keeps America ignorant and in the dark.  How can we really get angry if we can’t get the truth?