Truthful Lie

Iraqi Reporter's questionable claim

An instance perhaps when the media tries to get back to the government that has treated them wrongly for so many years. This reporter claimed that 11 of his family members were slaughtered at the dinner table and Iraqi police did not intervene in the killings. The big issue is when his mom contacted another group of reporters and said that the family is fine and she is ashamed that her son would make such radical and false claims. The bodies have not been identified, and no one but the victimized reporter has verified the accusation. Now, we all know the regime in Iraq has been less than perfect, but I think this might be a time where we have to take the side of the big bad politicians and hope that something horrendous actions like this were merely false stories told by a crazy man with nothing to lose and everything to gain. But, he does live in one of the more dangerous neighborhoods in Baghdad so I guess anything is possible.