Posted on 08/09/2006 6:03:06 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
On August 2, 2006, the Boston Globe ran on its front page a poignant story about Sgt. Brian Fountaine, a 24-year-old soldier who had lost both legs after a June 8 explosion. Entitled “A Soldier Maimed By War Now Questions the Mission,” A Soldier Maimed by War Now Questions The Mission it purports to express Sgt. Fountaine’s “dramatic change of heart” on his view of the Iraq war.
The author of the article, Brian MacQuarrie, writes: “In his [Sgt. Fountaine’s] view, troop morale has plummeted, suicide has increased, and the sacrifices being made in American blood and treasure suddenly seem questionable.”
Left-wing blogs and liberal forums such as Democratic Underground immediately seized on the article as just another example of growing frustration among American troops with the “quagmire” of the Iraq war and with the administration’s policies.
Problem is, the subject of the article disagrees. Appearing July 8 on The O’Reilly Factor, Sgt. Fountaine expressed dismay over how his interview was represented. He stated that if he had known that the paper was “liberal” and “anti-war,” he wouldn’t have given the interview in the first place. He stated emphatically that he was not “a war protester,” and though every soldier questions the mission at times, he believed that his sacrifice could prove worthwhile in the end, if the U.S. succeeds in its objective of bringing democracy and stability to Iraq.
While the Boston Globe apparently refused to appear on The Factor, former newsman/journalism professor Marvin Kalb offered up a defense for the paper. He stated that he had conversed with Sgt. Fountaine and his mother in Fox’s Green Room before the show, and other than the photograph and headline they told him that all quotations were basically accurate.
But Sgt. Fountaine had the final word, telling O’Reilly several times that he felt the way the story was presented seriously distorted his actual views.
As yet, I have seen no retraction from the Globe.
Being a "progressive" rag means never having to say you're sorry.
Kalb is a far, far left wingnut.
I should have pointed out in my post that Kalb also kept interjecting his own anti-war views in the interview, doing the very same thing he was denying the Boston Globe was guilty of.
I saw this on O'Reilly last night and Kalb came across as a complete and total fool, soooo smart he's stupid.
The Boston Globe (parent NY Times) is written by and for Massachusetts morons who keep sending Hanoi Kerry and Chappaquiddick Kennedy back to the U.S. Senate.
The Sgt. said that what they said was mostly accurate but they spun the meaning to fit their agenda. Nothing new for the MSM and press.
Kalb seemed like he was watching a different show than the rest of us.
The Boston Globe becomes more irrelevant with every passing day.
Don't feel bad about this vanity. It is yet ANOTHER example of the enemy within. The WaPost consistently and purposely lies to undermine the WOT.
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