Video Of McCain/Micahel Ware Press Conference In Baghdad Comes Out
Via Raw Story:
The folks at Raw Story, a far-left news site if there ever was one, claim that this video settles the controversy surrounding the allegations about Ware heckling McCain which Drudge broke over the weekend (which Ware responded to here). Frankly, I don’t see how this settles the matter at all.
First, Ware isn’t visible throughout most of the video. The camera is focused on the podium or specifically on whatever journalist is asking a question, and there is no microphone covering the audience’s reactions.
Second, even when Ware is visible it’s from the back. His facial expressions can’t be seen.
Third, Ware is seen to begin asking a question at the end of the press conference just as the video ended. We don’t know what happens after that.
Fourth, the sheer hostility between these reporters and the folks answering questions at the podium tells us all we need to know about the position they’re taking as to this war. They’re combative, sarcastic and clearly not objective in this matter even a little bit. Most of them are not journalists so much as activists there to challenge people they don’t like and disagree with them. If anything this video upholds the idea of a biased, hostile-to-American-foreign-policy media in Iraq, even if Ware’s antics aren’t specifically documented.
