# Should Girls in Afghanistan Schools be more newsworthy as an ISAF success story? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [December 24, 2013, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-girls-in-afghanistan-schools-be-more-newsworthy-as-an-isaf-success-story/677070 "2013-12-24T08:42:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![BrokenBriton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@BrokenBriton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrokenBriton)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-girls-in-afghanistan-schools-be-more-newsworthy-as-an-isaf-success-story/677070/281 "2014-01-09T08:41:46Z")
There was a very interesting item last week - on the major breakfast radio show here - that discussed the glamourisation by media of wounded soldiers. Proper grown up discussion of the concerns and issues, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Human\_Action](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@Human\_Action](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Human_Action)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-girls-in-afghanistan-schools-be-more-newsworthy-as-an-isaf-success-story/677070/282 "2014-01-09T12:52:13Z")
> [@NotfooledbyW](#): > > He sees friendship is strengthened by the event and seeing no argument why would you insist the he is making a point in an argument? 😕 You’re talking about an internal, subjective, mental process. You think a unbiased journalist should report on that by _observing and guessing_, instead of asking the people involved what they think? > [@NotfooledbyW](#): > > It is not an argument if no one argues agsinst him. How, by hacking the [defense.gov](http://defense.gov) site? Altering the story before it’s published? Threatening the writer’s life? How do you argue against a writer’s story as he’s writing it? By this logic, [_Common Sense_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Sense) wasn’t an argument either, since no one argued against Paine in the text. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-girls-in-afghanistan-schools-be-more-newsworthy-as-an-isaf-success-story/677070/283 "2014-01-09T14:28:49Z")
> [@NotfooledbyW](#): > > Wouldn’t it be great to have this wounded warriors as a guests on major news shows to provide the other side of the negative coverage on a war they served in? Well, at least you’re finally understanding what propaganda is! I would welcome more coverage of the entire subject of the war in Afghanistan, good and bad. How about that? ---
**Author:** ![NotfooledbyW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f475e1/32.png) [@NotfooledbyW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotfooledbyW)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-girls-in-afghanistan-schools-be-more-newsworthy-as-an-isaf-success-story/677070/284 "2014-01-10T13:19:16Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I would welcome more coverage of the entire subject of the war in Afghanistan, good and bad. How about that? Me too! That is the underlying point of this thread. Millions of Afghan parents oppose the Taliban ban of girls attending schools. It is major good news and should be covered in a fair and balanced way as good news along with the certain continuation of bad news that is being covered on a daily basis as it happens. Thanks for your support. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-girls-in-afghanistan-schools-be-more-newsworthy-as-an-isaf-success-story/677070/285 "2014-01-10T14:40:28Z")
> [@NotfooledbyW](#): > > Me too! That is the underlying point of this thread. Millions of Afghan parents oppose the Taliban ban of girls attending schools. It is major good news and should be covered in a fair and balanced way as good news along with the certain continuation of bad news that is being covered on a daily basis as it happens. > > Thanks for your support. No, you don’t have my support, and no that isn’t your underlying point. You want “good news” reported, not bad. IOW, you want propaganda. It’s obvious that you omitted my comment about propaganda on purpose. ---
**Author:** ![NotfooledbyW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f475e1/32.png) [@NotfooledbyW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotfooledbyW)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-girls-in-afghanistan-schools-be-more-newsworthy-as-an-isaf-success-story/677070/286 "2014-01-10T15:17:27Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > You want “good news” reported, not bad. That is false. Where have I written that bad news out of Afghanistan should not be reported? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-girls-in-afghanistan-schools-be-more-newsworthy-as-an-isaf-success-story/677070.md?page=14)