THis is the impression I always had of the Jessica story from the UK TV
coverage. I was a bit surprised the Americans made so much of it but then
they were watching different media.
Douglas Clark, Bath, Somerset, England ....
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From: "Alison Croggon" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 10:15 PM
Subject: War spin
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,956255,00.html
> The truth about Jessica
>
> Her Iraqi guards had long fled, she was being well cared for - and
> doctors had already tried to free her. John Kampfner discovers the
> real story behind a modern American war myth
>
> Thursday May 15, 2003
> The Guardian
>
> Jessica Lynch became an icon of the war. An all-American heroine, the
> story of her capture by the Iraqis and her rescue by US special
> forces became one of the great patriotic moments of the conflict. It
> couldn't have happened at a more crucial moment, when the talk was of
> coalition forces bogged down, of a victory too slow in coming.
>
> Her rescue will go down as one of the most stunning pieces of news
> management yet conceived. It provides a remarkable insight into the
> real influence of Hollywood producers on the Pentagon's media
> managers, and has produced a template from which America hopes to
> present its future wars.
>
> But the American media tactics, culminating in the Lynch episode,
> infuriated the British, who were supposed to be working alongside
> them in Doha, Qatar. This Sunday, the BBC's Correspondent programme
> reveals the inside story of the rescue that may not have been as
> heroic as portrayed, and of divisions at the heart of the allies'
> media operation.
> --
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>
> Alison Croggon
>
> Editor, Masthead
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