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I wrote about this in my column, more than six months ago. The general thesis was quite simple: the lamestream media are incompetent mainly because they do not report the CONTEXT of stories.

And when the subject is war and occupation, the nearest analogy to Iraq in 2004 is Germany in 1946. Any competent reporter should know and report this. I rest my case.

John / Billybob

The general thesis was quite simple: the lamestream media are incompetent mainly because they do not report the CONTEXT of stories.

Well stated. Along the same lines see below thread:

World War II - over 900 U.S. Dead in Attack on Training Mission April 28, 1944
Facts about WWII ^ | before April 28, 2004 | unknown

Posted on 04/28/2004 10:17:22 PM PDT by BillF

Because of bad planning by American officers and mistakes by the Royal Navy, over 900 American troops were killed during 'Operation Tiger'. 'Tiger' was a practice exercise for D-Day held at Slapton Sands, England. In the early A.M. of April 28 1944, 7 LSTs packed with troops from the U.S. VII corps and escorted by only one outdated Corvette, were attacked by German E-Boats. By the time the shooting had stopped the E-Boats had retired without loss and 946 GIs were dead . . .
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-------- MY COMMENT:
Sixty years ago today, over 900 brave Americans died in a single battle.

How would today's media react to that story if the President was a Republican when the tragedy occurred? And how would today's Democrats react?

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The press has failed miserably in its duty to put current events in historical perspective.

CLICK HERE FOR THE REST OF THAT THREAD.