Thursday, May 06, 2004
Iraq prison torture: Great moments in public relations
So, the word was that Bush would talk on two Arab stations... But on the one the US funds, he wasn't translated! So does that really count as two stations?
"Greatly reducing its impact"—I love it.
Hey, they're for campaign commercials anyhow! Why translate them into Arabic?
U.S. government-financed channel Alhurra, which appears to be little watched in the Arab world, ran its interview with Bush without a translation into Arabic, much reducing the impact.
(via Reuters)
"Greatly reducing its impact"—I love it.
Hey, they're for campaign commercials anyhow! Why translate them into Arabic?