US Now Sole Source of News, Truth

 

President Barack Obama's administration strongly denied a British report on Thursday that images of apparent rape and sexual abuse of Iraqi prisoners are among photographs that it is trying to prevent being made public...

..."Let's just say if I wanted to read a write-up today of how Manchester United fared last night in the Champions League Cup, I might open up a British newspaper. If I was looking for something that bordered on truthful news, I'm not entirely sure it'd be the first stack of clips I picked up," [White House Spokesman] Gibbs said.

- U.S. slams British press over report of abuse photos, Reuters

So, it appears one of the big changes in White House policy is that while the Bush administration was characterised by an open contempt for continental Europe, the Obama administration is willing to be a little broader, and will now also show contempt towards the UK as well.

Personally, I'm not especially fond of the British press myself - but the Telegraph isn't exactly the Sun - and I'd trust it more than I would the US media... and definitely more than I would the White House, which has not exactly done anything recently to convince anyone of its openness or honesty.

And considering what we already know about the treatment of prisoners in US custody, quite frankly nothing would shock or surprise me at this point.