Convergence FIG '07

Welcome to the Journalism Blog of the first ever Convergence FIG (Freshmen Interest Group) at the University of Missouri- Columbia. All stories and posts are those of the nineteen students who are a part of the Convergence FIG. Enjoy!

Monday, September 24, 2007

Petraeus recommends troop build up

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,296338,00.html?sPage=fnc.specialsections/waronterror

President Bush has received a recommendation from Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, that he wants to coninue bolstering forces in iraq by deploying and redeploying troops.

'Based on the progress our forces are achieving, I expect to be able to recommend that some of our forces will be redeployed without replacement,' said Petraeus.

It is very difficult to cover the War in Iraq because it is such a controversial topic and with peoples lives at stake in this issue on a daily basis it is very difficult not to display some sort of a bias. With Iraq still far from being independant. It will be an issue debated for years.

I feel like the article does a decent job of remaining objective. It tries to cover both sides of the issue and attempts to cover the news aspect as opposed to the debate.

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