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The Toppling: How the Media Inflated a Minor Moment in a Long War
"I realized this was a big deal," McCoy told me. "You’ve got all the press out there and everybody is liquored up on the moment. You have this Paris, 1944, feel. I remember thinking, The media is watching the Iraqis trying to topple this icon of Saddam Hussein. Let’s give them a hand."
AUTHOR:
Peter Maass
SOURCE:
The New Yorker
PUBLISHED:
Jan. 3, 2011
LENGTH:
35 minutes (8919 words)
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