Elite Media, “Dan Rather,” Bias at Newsweek: What's New?-(discusses problem of "women in military")

When Newsweek published the inflammatory article about interrogators at Guantanamo flushing a Koran down the toilet, this writer believes that both the reporter and the editor knew precisely what they were doing. Tragically, it was intentional that they wrote the story and in the business sense it was a “mistake” to publish it but otherwise, the story itself was a lie. It is actually comical to watch the leftist “spin machine” working overtime to “control” the damage. Sadly, that once reputable magazine is now worth little more than for use in a sleazy restroom.

Part of the problem is that Newsweek has been taken over, like must of the rest of the “mainstream,” or is it “elite” (?) media by a bunch of leftist zealots whose agenda is to reform America in their own “liberal” image. And for most Americans the “liberal” image they advance is anathema. The “left,” by its much “denial” of the Newsweek article simply underscores its unpatriotic, anti-American sentiments.

For Newsweek to rely on a released Guantanamo internee for such damaging “information” shows complete naiveté, even complicity. For Newsweek’s apologists to now suggest that the reporter and editors were not aware that their fallacious piece would be greeted in the Muslim world with outrage exposes their intent to fan the flames of misguided Islamic Jihadist hatred. But as one commentator said, it is the “media’s” anti-Christian hatred that motivates them. And he is evidently correct.

In another of its biased, anti-American rants, the so called “mainstream” media continues to assert that the Bush Administration was behind, if not directly responsible for, the behavior of the relatively few rogue servicemen and women at Abu Ghraib, a rationale that goes beyond reason and reveals their utter intellectual and moral bankruptcy.

Even more media bias is revealed in the elitist media’s overzealous attempts to malign the Administration about Abu Ghraib while conveniently overlooking the fact that it was a female General who “forced” her way to Iraq, then either failed in her responsibilities or in the alternative was complicit in the wrongdoings, or both. Where is their “journalistic” investigation and report of that angle?

If the Administration was wrong, it was wrong for continuing the now common practice of advancing women in the military services for political expediency. Of course there are competent women in the Army, but advancing a woman who was clearly a bad choice for promotion to Brigadier General in order to fill a quota, and then to relent from a decision not to send her to Iraq is one of the less glorious moments in the history of the US Army and by extension, the Army’s Civilian leadership.

Both Karpinski and her lackey, Colonel Thomas Pappas, should have been reduced to Lieutenant and booted from the service. Unfortunately, the Army has become so politically correct that it wouldn’t, and lacks the moral authority to do so. Meanwhile, the Army’s appeal to new recruits continues to slide, making its viability in the AVF wartime environment increasingly questionable, especially in light of its 40% recruiting shortfall in April.

DoD’s (Dr. Chu) answer to recruiting shortfalls is to increase bonuses to recruits in those specialties that are experiencing the shortfalls. In this writer’s opinion, that approach smacks of mercenary service rather than volunteer service in the patriotic interest of the nation. Aside: [What we need is to “Privatize,” or how about “BRAC” Chu’s job. In fact, while we are on that subject, why don’t we just “Privatize” (contract out) the entire military? Just think of all the money we could save!]

For the writer’s “liberal” friends, the Newsweek article is a classic example of perpetrating not a mistake but a lie. It stands in stark contrast to the “liberal” cacophony of false accusations about WMD as a pretense for going to war in Iraq. The latter cacophony continues notwithstanding the fact that the President relied upon multiple intelligence sources from multiple nations, including the liberals’ touchstone, the U.N., before he committed U.S. forces to unseat Hussein.

Having noted these things, the Army and Karpinski were responsible for Abu Ghraib, and by extension its Civilian leadership. Similarly, Newsweek is responsible for intentional false reporting, and it should have to compensate the families of those who died as a result.

For some liberal lawyer, here’s a chance to make a killing. Is anybody awake at the ACLU?

Good article, except for:

For Newsweek to rely on a released Guantanamo internee for such damaging “information” shows complete naiveté.

Newsweek said that there was a "knowledgeable government employee" as their sole source. Of course, they won't name that alleged source, and who'd believe anything they'd say by this time....

Newsweek has lost all credibility, by relying on one anonymous source without fact-checking it. I think Newsweek is an "embedded" magazine for Al Qaeda!

".......released Guantanamo internee.."

You're right. There was only one gov't source. I think that Col. Pappas had another report in mind, that came in shortly after the kerfluffle about the Newsweek gaffe. There were reports that released Gitmo detainees in Britain had made claims about various incidents of abuse, including mishandling the "holy" (ouch!) Koran.

The colonel simply was mistaken that those were sources for the Newsweek article, so you're quite right to point this out.

Thanks for your comment! I'll pass it along to Colonel Pappas, who is a friend of mine, a "great American," and a very elegant Marine!

Char :

MAY 24, 2005 | COLONEL ROBERT PAPPAS, USMC (Ret)

"When Newsweek published the inflammatory article about interrogators at Guantanamo flushing a Koran down the toilet, this writer believes that both the reporter and the editor knew precisely what they were doing. Tragically, it was intentional that they wrote the story and in the business sense it was a “mistake” to publish it but otherwise, the story itself was a lie. It is actually comical to watch the leftist “spin machine” working overtime to “control” the damage. Sadly, that once reputable magazine is now worth little more than for use in a sleazy restroom."

Sleazy restroom? That's like CBS, isn't it?

MAY 24, 2005 | COLONEL ROBERT PAPPAS, USMC (Ret)

"Sadly, that once reputable magazine is now worth little more than for use in a sleazy restroom."

Wait a minute: just how "once reputable" was NEWSWEEK?
How would we have known? NEWSWEEK was digested with faith in its credibility. Caveat Emptor!

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