In today's Guardian:
“Both the Syrian regime and its puppet government in Beirut have been under pressure since the assassination of the former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri a fortnight ago.” (Protests force out Lebanese government,' Ewen MacAskill, Carolynne Wheeler in Beirut and Conal Urquhart,' The Guardian, March 1, 2005)
Puppet government! Don't recall reading that term much in relation to Iraq. And yet Ed Pilkington, foreign editor of the Guardian, told Media Lens, “We are not in the business of editorialising our news reports." (Email to Media Lens, November 15, 2002)
A quick check of the Guardian website shows that no Guardian/Observer news report has described the Iraqi interim government as a "puppet government" in 2003 or 2004. Why? Well obviously because they don't editorialise their news reports. :o)
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