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15. Harold Meyerson, "Smart Bombs, Dumb War," Washington Post, 27 March 2003,
2 1 (A).
16. I undertook the study of Iraqi vs. American deaths by searching the Lais Nexis
database during the one-month period from March 20 through April 20, 2003. The key-
word "Iraq" was used in order to pull stories from that period that addressed the U.S.
invasion. In total, there were 32 headlines that addressed American deaths, as compared
with only 14 addressing Iraqi deaths. This translated into a ratio of 2.3:l in favor of cov-
ering American deaths.
17. Iraq Body Count, "Keeping Civilian Deaths in the Eye of the World," 14 April
2003, http://www.iraqbodycount.org/press/archiveJphp (15 Apr. 2007); Iraq Coalition
Casualty Count, "Military Fatalities: By Month," http://icasualties.org/oif (15 Apr. 2007).
18. Rob Stein, "100,000 Civilian Deaths Estimated in Iraq," Washington Post, 29
October 2004,16(A).
19. Times Wire Services, "Conflict May Have Killed 100,000 Iraqis, Report Says,"
Los Angeles Times, 29 October 2004,4(A).
20. Times Wire Services, "Conflict May Have Killed 100,000 Iraqis, Report Says,"
2004.
21. Elizabeth Rosenthal, "Study Puts Iraqi Deaths of Civilians at 100,000," New York
Times, 29 October 2004,8(A).
22. Paul Reynolds, "Huge Gaps Between Iraqi Death Estimates," BBC News, 20 Oc-
tober 2006, http:/lnews.bbc.co.uk/2ki/middlei/east/60451 12.stm (1 8 Mar. 2007).
23. Times Wire Services, "Conflict May Have Killed 100,000 Iraqis, Report Says,"
2004.; Stein, "100,000 Civilian Deaths Estimated in Iraq," 2004.; Rosenthal, "Study Puts
Iraqi Deaths of Civilians at 100,000," 2004.
24. Anthony DiMaggio, "Damage Control: American Corporate Media Disregards the
Lancet Report.. .Again," Z Magazine, 17 October 2006, http://www.zmag.orglcontent/sh-
owarticle.~fm?ItemID=l1201 (18 Mar. 2006); Media Lens, "Media Alert: Lancet Report
Co-Author Responds to Questions," Z Magazine, 2 November 2006, http:/lwww.zmag.o-
rg/content~showarticle.cfin?ItemID=11309 (18 Mar. 2007).
25. DiMaggio, "Damage Control," 2006.
26. DiMaggio, "Damage Control," 2006.
27. George Monbiot, "The Media are Minimizing US and British War Crimes in
Iraq," Guardian, 8 November 2005, http://www.guardian.co.uk/Columists/ColuO,56-
73,1636606,00.htm1(8 Nov. 2005).
28. Les Roberts, "Iraq's Death Toll is far Worse than Our Leaders Admit," 14 Febru-
ary 2007, Common Dreams, http://www.commondreams.org/views07/0214-.htm (20
Mar. 2007).
29. David Cromwell and David Edwards, Guardians of Power: The Myth of the Lib-
eral Media (London: Pluto, 2006), 60.
30. Doug Ireland, "Why US. Media Dismissed Lancet Study," 27 January 2005,
Common Dreams, http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0127-23 (27 Jan. 2005).
31. Oren Dorell, "Bush Puts Deaths of Iraqis at 30,000.," USA Today, sec. 1, 12 De-
cember 2005, 1; CNN.com, "Bush: Iraqi Democracy Making Progress," 12 December
2005, http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/12/12/bl (12 Dec. 2005);
Edward Epstein, "Bush says 30,000 Iraqis Dead Since Invasion Began," San Francisco
Chronicle, 13 December 2005, http:Nsfgate.comlcgi-bin/article.cgi?f=c
G50G76G3 1 .DTL (1 3 Dec. 2005); CBSnews.com, "Bush: 30,000 Iraqis Killed in Iraq,"
12 December 2005, http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/12/l2/politics/printablel1170-
45.shtm1(12 Dec. 2005).