With the voting over in the first presidential election in the history of Afghanistan, the media is virtually unanimous in declaring failure. Google News search results tell the story.
Results 1 – 10 of about 720 for afghan election fraud.
Jeff Jarvis is confused and dismayed at the negativity. One can only conclude he’s been hiding under a rock for the past three years.
So I tried a few others….
Your search – “Afghan voters killed in blast” – did not match any documents.
Your search – Afghan “polling station blast” – did not match any documents.
Your search – Afghan “polling station violence” – did not match any documents.
Reuters couldn’t even dig one up, though they did record a possible interception.
Results 1 – 1 of about 1 for afghan voters-killed. (0.10 seconds)
Bloomberg.com:
Afghans turned out in “massive” numbers for the nation’s first direct presidential election, a United Nations spokesman said.
“We don’t have numbers have yet, but there was a massive amount of voters and a great deal of enthusiasm,” Manoel de Almeida e Silva said by telephone from Kabul, the Afghan capital. A preliminary count may be ready within two days, and a total count may take up to three weeks, he said.
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There were no reports of voters killed or injured, U.S. Maj. Scott Nelson, spokesman for the Combined Forces Command, said by telephone from Kabul. There was a report of an ambush in Uruzgan province by suspected Taliban militants that left three police officers dead, he said.
I call that a success. And so would the New York Times, WaPo, the LA Tmes and every other major media outlet in North America had it happened with a Democrat in the White House. Get with the program, Jeff!