Brig. Gen. Abdul-Karim Khalaf, spokesman for the ministry, said the purpose of the special monitoring unit was to find ''fabricated and false news that hurts and gives the Iraqis a wrong picture that the security situation is very bad, when the facts are totally different.''
He said offenders would be notified and asked to ''correct these false reports on their main news programs. But if they do not change those lying, false stories, then we will seek legal action against them.''
This seems a little like going after Al Capone for tax evasion. Which means it could actually work, which would be a good thing.
This was from the NYT. Scroll down to Update: Really Bad Journalism for more from them.
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