JOURNALISM: THE RULE OF THE GAME

From "Hitchens vs Galloway: The big debate" By David Usborne in New York on The Independent, Published: 16 September 2005

Both men also fell into the trap of insulting the audience. Galloway did it just a little when he lamented that anyone could doubt the statistics recording the numbers of Iraqi dead because of the war. (100,000 he says.) "How far has the neocon rot seeped into your souls?" he asked us.

The Independent's reporter from New York writes:

(100,000 he says.)

Is that because he has never heard of the Lancet report? No, of course he has! It's just that THE RULE OF THE GAME is that that report must be discredited. Even better: ignored!