Iraqi leader warns biased media outlets

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http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/news/world/15021668.htm

Iraqi leader warns biased media outlets
Associated Press

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's prime minister warned television stations Wednesday against broadcasting reports that incite violence, saying he will not hesitate to shut them down.

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"Television channels, mosques, journalism, and people in the streets are all inciting in a way that this present government cannot control," al-Maliki said.

"We have informed some satellite television stations that we will shut them down if they do not stop inciting sectarianism, even if these channels are Iraqi and belong to a particular party," al-Maliki said without mentioning names.

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"Yesterday, when I was in Kurdistan, the Al-Jazeera correspondent asked me a question. But I told him that I will not reply because we have position against Al-Jazeera," al-Maliki said. "I blame my brothers in Kurdistan to allow Al-Jazeera to work although it is banned from that because it incites sectarianism day and night in Iraqi circles."

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1. You must have beat me by seconds

Damn you dial-up

[sabra]

6. LOL - let's call this a "joint post" :-)

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8. OK! Here was my post on it

Wow! We really are starting to impose Bush' brand of Democracy over there.

http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/breaking_...

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's prime minister warned television stations Wednesday against broadcasting reports that incite violence, saying he will not hesitate to shut them down.

The statement by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to Iraq's parliament came amid an increase of biased reporting by Shiite and Sunni television stations that focus on the suffering of their communities - often with little mention of the other.

"Television channels, mosques, journalism, and people in the streets are all inciting in a way that this present government cannot control," al-Maliki said.

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"Yesterday, when I was in Kurdistan, the Al-Jazeera correspondent asked me a question. But I told him that I will not reply because we have position against Al-Jazeera," al-Maliki said. "I blame my brothers in Kurdistan to allow Al-Jazeera to work although it is banned from that because it incites sectarianism day and night in Iraqi circles."

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Somebody ought to post this on Freaker Republic or Malkin's site. Looks like there are some newspapers in Iraq that need protesting a hell of a lot more than the NY Time.

It's amazing how the longer this disaster goes on, the more it looks like America is taking on the attributes of the Saddam regime, instead of vice/versa.

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2. They should do similar in the US and shut down all RW talk show hosts

Who constantly incite violece against Iraq, Iran, N. Korea, and other nasty foreigners.

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4. Good point! Not to mention they share a large responsibility in

dividing our country and preaching intolerance. I think they need to be regulated.

[Jokerman]

3. More U.S. style democracy?

A puppet follows his master's lead.

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5. Ahhh freedom on the march...

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7. If he did that, the only station left would be the government station

Boy, doesn't that sound familiar?