Why is the main stream media/MSM not covering the ISIS fight in Iraq, Syria, Libya?

LTC John Shaw — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 08:01:50 -0400

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2016/09/trump-clinton-iraq-libya/499238/

The War Debate America Isn’t Having

The U.S. and Britain both intervened in Iraq and Libya. Only one is now seriously reckoning with those choices.

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 18 at 2016 8:10 AM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 08:10:26 -0400

That is interesting since we've been shooting people there since at least 2011.

Response by MCPO Roger Collins made Sep 18 at 2016 8:52 AM

MCPO Roger Collins — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 08:52:37 -0400

They may, after they get Hillary elected.

Response by SGM Mikel Dawson made Sep 18 at 2016 8:58 AM

SGM Mikel Dawson — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 08:58:12 -0400

I think there's a big question of who supports whom. We all know Obama supports ISIS, or else he would be helping Jordan, Kurds in their fight against them. All you have to do is Google it, there
s plenty of articles. ISIS is sunni, Iran is sunni. But Russia wants ISIS gone, and supports Iran and the current Syrian government, which Obama wants Bashar al-Assad gone as does ISIS. Clinton, Obama were running guns to the rebels fighting Obama, who support ISIS, and Russia is bombing.

Confusing? Yea, but in the end, the main stream media supports Obama, Clinton and won't print anything against them, we've seen this. We all know the media will only print what they want us to know.

Response by Col Rebecca Lorraine made Sep 18 at 2016 9:02 AM

Col Rebecca Lorraine — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 09:02:09 -0400

Very interesting article. I didn't realize the extent to which both parties avoided honest responses and played and pandered the military. I would assume that the military is smart enough to know the ground truth. The American public sees the headlines and really doesn't have the interest in delving deeper. It's not the American public though, it is the media control of who/what takes center stage. I do believe most Americans are involved in their little lives and can't look beyond their safety bubbles. ( until something happens closer to home)

Response by Cpl Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 18 at 2016 9:54 AM

Cpl Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 09:54:02 -0400

Because this is the BO and hillary legacy. They can't lead with the catastrophe that is the middle east while BO is saying "we are better off now than before the bush wars." Anyone who thinks the middle east is a skirmish is sadly mistaken, it's a powder keg with a short fuse being lit with a roman candle.

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 18 at 2016 10:15 AM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 10:15:56 -0400

Either it's to avoid showing that we aren't doing anything of any consequence, or because they don't want us to know what we are doing.

Response by SFC George Smith made Sep 18 at 2016 11:09 AM

SFC George Smith — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 11:09:45 -0400

Most interesting... makes you wonder what going in behind the scenes...

Response by SFC Joseph McCausland made Sep 18 at 2016 11:23 AM

SFC Joseph McCausland — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 11:23:59 -0400

Because "The Lame Stream Media" and their ilk have one objective and one agenda only.... Put another Clinton in the White House and they don't care how they "shape" the news to voters; be it, out and out lies, distortions, or selective editing.
They and their "so-called" quests and commentators on their shows use the plays right out of the radical Saul Alinsky's book..Rules for Radicals" IE,
"Isolate...Ridicule....Marginalize...and repeat as needed.
They should all "burn their Press Cards..because they are all a disgrace to what once was a "noble profession... true and unbiased journalism".
The "golden years" of actually "reporting" the news has long passed and it doesn't look like it's returning anytime soon.

Response by LTC David Brown made Sep 18 at 2016 11:29 AM

LTC David Brown — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 11:29:15 -0400

Because this is a mess that falls squarely at the feet of Obama and Clinton.

Response by SFC Mark Merino made Sep 18 at 2016 4:02 PM

SFC Mark Merino — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 16:02:49 -0400

It's far too important to talk about Trump calling a bomb a bomb, before it was confirmed to be a bomb.

Response by SPC Erich Guenther made Sep 18 at 2016 5:44 PM

SPC Erich Guenther — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 17:44:34 -0400

I'm going to guess that overseas news bureaus do not have the budgets they used to for news coverage #1. And I am going to say for #2 that getting access to the fighting areas of that list of countries is fairly difficult and not generally within the safety parameters of a news organization because all three are failed states. If for example Libya or Syria still had a strong functioning government I think you would see coverage similar to what you saw during the Vietnam War. Iraq I am not sure what the deal is going on there.

Response by Cpl Jeff N. made Sep 18 at 2016 7:32 PM

Cpl Jeff N. — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 19:32:23 -0400

It is very complicated and the media likes really simple story lines (as do most Americans). Trump bad, Clinton good. They can tell that story all day long. Trying to follow and explain the issues in the middle east is too much like work. Research, reading, asking questions, committing mind space, following up, being honest. You know, things most in the media are not good at...Basic journalism.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 19 at 2016 3:32 AM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 19 Sep 2016 03:32:35 -0400

Because it is election season. This story does not fit into the agenda of the Dems into making Americans believe they are better off now than they were 8 years ago under the GOP.

Response by SGT Damaso V Santana made Sep 20 at 2016 11:45 AM

SGT Damaso V Santana — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 11:45:25 -0400

What we are seeing is the fruit of the obama, via hillary's state department's "Arab Spring", A FUBAR, an incredibly failed attempt to gift the muslim brotherhood with those previous governments that were either friendly to the US or abstained.
The reason for the "State run media" to simply ignore ME developments are the same reasons why this administration developed the vitriolic $200 video as a Cover UP in Benghazi, It would have been detrimental at that time to the 2012 election, as it will be to the Nov. 2016 Election, the truth is being suppressed, the democrats must win at all cost.

Response by CPT Pedro Meza made Sep 28 at 2016 6:15 PM

CPT Pedro Meza — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 18:15:30 -0400

That is the same question that we had when I was in Afghanistan, all the reporting was about Iraq.