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Iraqi media divided in coverage of IS conflict

Iraqi media has failed to provide unbiased coverage of the war with the Islamic State, and has even at times spread false information.
A motorist reads a newspaper on a street near a U.S. patrol passing by in Baghdad September 4, 2008.    REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen (IRAQ) - RTX8E9D

ERBIL, Iraq — About two dozen journalists and editors from various Iraqi media outlets gathered around a neatly arranged table and argued passionately about the “unfortunate” coverage of the conflict stirred by the Islamic State’s (IS) takeover of large parts of the country.

The consensus in the conference room at Erbil International Hotel was that the Iraqi media had failed in its task to provide unbiased and professional coverage of the brutal conflict that has rocked the country in the last couple of months.

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