Yesterday Tony Blair, the Prime Minister of Britain, announced that he would be withdrawing 1,600 troops from southern
A CNN article that came out yesterday showed the administration’s opinion of the situation, but it also showed the reaction of some members of the US Congress. CNN reported that Rep. Nancy Pelosi said that Blair's decision "confirms the doubts in the minds of the American people" about Bush's decision to increase
On the other hand, a Fox News article that came out yesterday that was covering the same subject had an entirely different take on the subject. This article simply stated over and over again how this was a good sign and a model for what the coalition wants to do with the rest of the country. They used several quotes from Tony Blair to justify this point and said that the Iraqi Prime Minister had agreed to the pullout. There was only one line that touched on the possibility of this not being a positive event, which stated “Yet as more countries draw down or pull out, it could create a security vacuum if radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr stirs up trouble.” CNN may have a liberal bias, but at least it acknowledged all sides of the story and briefly explained each side. All Fox News did was give us a one sentence mention of the possible negative effect without even addressing the reaction of the US Congress, and it completely left out the possibility that Blair could simply be withdrawing the British troops because of the antiwar sentiment that is widespread in Britain (something that some Democrats in the US have proposed).
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