Shortly after the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003, photos and news stories were published showing Iraqis cheering in the streets, pulling down statues of Saddam Hussein, and greeting U.S. soldiers as liberators. Some anti-war groups, however, rejected these images and accused the military and mainstream news organizations as "staging" these events and reactions, even to the point of paying actors to appear in these scenes. These groups could be described as engaging in decoding the mainstream war coverage from which position?

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The oppositional reading involves interpreting media messages in a way that conflicts with or opposes the intended or dominant message, which in this case would be skepticism towards the portrayal of the U.S. invasion as welcomed or beneficial.

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