http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/707/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/speaking-tastelesstimes-likens-lilac-painted-baghdad-buildings-suicide-bombings <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> And Iraqis thought they had it bad under Saddam Hussein: &quot;Baghdad has weathered invasion, occupation, sectarian warfare and suicide bombers. But now it faces a new scourge: tastelessness.&quot; Back in 2004 the Times also suggested art was on the decline post-dictatorship. &quot;The war in Iraq has been especially disillusioning for young Iraqi artists, many of whom believed the American promises of freedom.&quot; </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> After the fall of the Berlin Wall and the downfall of the Soviet Union, the Times and other liberal media outlets often produced stories suggesting a bright side to the fallen dictatorships. The trend was notoriously encapsulated in a February 12, 1992 Times headline marking the release of the last political prisons of the Soviet era: "A Gulag Breeds Rage, Yes, but Also Serenity." <br /><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/speaking-tastelesstimes-likens-lilac-painted-baghdad-buildings-suicide-bombings" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch Dictatorships IraqWar liberalmediabias MichaelSchmidt NewYorkTimes NewYorkTimesbias SaddamHussein TimesWatch YasirGhazi Tue, 17 May 2011 16:50:00 +0000 admin 313 at http://archive2.mrc.org