Tim Blair has something on the topic of media bias, and how impressions are formed.
Several days ago I was speaking with a young man who represents one of our vendors. He talked about the military quite a bit, and I got the impression he was interested in becoming a military pilot. So I asked him about that.
“No, but I have a friend who’s now in Iraq.” The impression this man had was that things were not going well. His friend told him Iraqis didn’t like Americans, and he had someone spit on him.
I said, “I got spit on wearing my uniform in this country.” He didn’t know how to respond except with an incredulous, “Really?”
How little some people know about anti-war protestors past and present.