Posted 4:40 PM by Paul
Media Wars

A missile hit another Iraq marketplace and it is said that 50 civilians are killed. The El Pais website shows a tragic photo of two little children laid out dead in a drawer in the town morgue. They are a little bit younger than Alice and Emily.

A couple of hours later a missile seems to fall on a shopping mall in Kuwait. The story is all over the news. CNN and Sky devote the fist 10 minutes with live updates to the incident. No one has been killed and damage does not appear to be extensive. Clearly the mall must have been empty. As if by magic a crowd appears chanting "Saddam your days are numbered". We are told that people stay up late in Kuwait. The missile hit at around 3.00 a.m. But if they stay out late why was the mall closed and no none hurt? The 50 dead in Baghdad is now old news and is glossed over in about 60 seconds on cable channels.

It is 7.00 p.m. on the East Coast of the USA and the story hits prime time news. It is 1.00 a.m in London, just in time to make the front pages of the newspapers. Late editions of The Mirror, The Independent and possibly the Guardian will lead with 50 dead in Baghdad story. The rest will lead with the "told you so Saddam never disarmed" story about the missile that smashed some glass in a Kuwaiti mall.

Or am I being cynical?