US Ambassador accused of ‘Bush spin’

THE American Ambassador to Ireland was last night accused of seeking to convince Irish politicians to spin George W Bush’s agenda just days before the US presidential election.

In a letter delivered yesterday to all TDs, Ambassador James C Kenny complained that press coverage of the war in Iraq was negative and did not take into account the positive steps America was taking to help Iraqis.

“As sometimes happens in news coverage of “hot” topics, the emphasis tends to be on the negative while the positive is often ignored or under-reported,” Ambassador Kenny’s letter reads before going on to point to “some of the many positive developments that have taken place in Iraq and Afghanistan”.