Worn-Out Reactionary Media (WORMs) Ignore Iraq $1 Million Katrina Donation

More news the mainstream media deliberately ignores from Tom at BizzyBlog;

The failure of the “Mainstream Media” (with very minor exceptions) to report the possibly record-breaking $1 million donation by the Iraqi Red Crescent (their equivalent of our Red Cross) to Hurrican Katrina relief is negligent and irresponsible. It proves, more than another individual story out of Iraq, that there is a dogged determination to ignore positive news from that country, and that those ignoring it deserve the new name (WORMs) that is in the title of this post.

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No matter where you stand on the Iraq War, by any reasonable, logical definition of what reportable news is, this story (”Positivity: Iraq’s Red Cross Equivalent Donates $1 Million for Katrina Relief”) fits that definition.

I believe that it may be, either in absolute dollars, as a percentage of the donor country’s output, or both, the largest single donation by a foreign non-governmental entity to a United States relief effort ever.

The Washington Times (”Iraqi Red Crescent thanks U.S. with $1 million for Katrina relief”) reported the donation on Friday, November 25 (noting, among other things, that the amount “represents 20% of the organization’s annual budget.” The underlying event happened Thursday, November 24.

Thanks Tom. Read it all here.
More interesting to me is how the above story was not reported but the following idiotic story was;

France offers relief Miami Herald

France has offered to fly over some of the city's musicians and provide them with rent-free residences and monthly stipends for up to three months, in hopes of compensating for concerts canceled after Hurricane Katrina.

''It's like a family story,'' said Pierre Lebovics, the French consul general in New Orleans. ``You love a person, and this person goes to the hospital and you discover that you really love that person. Such tragedy happens and you discover the reality and the depth of your feelings.

Uh, yeah, ok - what he just said - Atlas

Comments

[Thomas Blumer]

Backatcha.

Hope the radio appearance went well. Is it being replayed, or will you get an MP3 or WMV you can post?

Tom

[Deepdiver]

Thanks for pointing this out pamela.. No chance that most of the media would mention this - after all, it would conflict with their stories about "quagmires" and "new vietnams".

Mentioned you in a recent post http://www.gardjola.org/#What_Moral_Authority hope I sent some traffic your way.

What is the top pic all about? - from what I can see of the soldiers kit, he's an idf man. What's the story behind the picture?

Ta
deepdiver

[Kevin Mark Smith]

I find it interesting that the Frogs are offering lodging and support to musicians, but not a thing to the homeless and jobless minorities living in sports arenas thoughout the US. Of course, most of those people are predominantly blacks, and we know how little the French care about "those people." They stick them in hovels on the outskirts of their cities and wonder why such disenfranchised immigrants riot and burn their cities.

Sounds like the French aren't much different than the Nazis who walked their streets 60 years ago.

[Dave Robbins]

The French are still reviewing the video from Sean Penn's recon mission. It's their hope that they can learn something about crowd control from Spiccoli ;)