During Rumsfeld era, it was "eye-rack". Then it changed to "ir-rack". So did "Eye-ran" a more correct sounding "ir-ron". Now it is south Asia's turn. It was "Pack-is-tan" and "Af-gan-is-tan" ("a" in afganistan is pronounced like in the word "tan") to Obama pronunciation of "Pock-is-tawn" and "Af-gan-is-tan" (still a sounds like it does in sun tan).
It is amazing how "suggestable" journalists are. They are not only affected by the sound bytes, they get from the political spin factories, it is evident that they are even affected by the pronunciation. If they are so "suggestible" can we ever expect real objective reporting ?
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