Posted on 09/27/2005 6:41:10 AM PDT by Pyro7480
Yesterday, the Express, a free newspaper printed by the Washington Post, printed a photograph of Charlotte and Doug Smette of Makoti, ND, whose son Keith died serving his country in Iraq on their front page (this photograph can be viewed here). They were attending the rally for military families on the National Mall on Sunday, co-sponsored by the DC Chapter of Free Republic.
Today, the Express printed three letters-to-the-editor, all written by leftists who were expressing their outrage that the photograph was even published (the pdf file of today's edition can be viewed at this link; it's on page 36). Here are the letters.
In-Your-Face Propaganda
With everything that happened this past weekend (Rita, anti-war protest, President's Cup, etc.), Express' front page picture Monday was of a crying mother of the pro-war gathering that attracted only a few hundred. I was disgusted by this blatant display of pro-war propaganda.
-Alex Sittig, Washington, DC
You Know You're "Right"
Thanks for giving me a good retort to complaints of my right-leaning friends and coworkers that the Post and Express are lefty publications. Reading the Express on Monday, I found a full story and a cover photo covering the pro-war rally, but no coverage at all of the anti-war and anti-globalization protests.
-Gregory Wahl, Washington, DC
Work the Numbers
Is the Headline "Hundreds Rally to Support Troops" that much more newsworthy than "Hundreds of Thousands March for Peace"?
-Tanya Spann Roche, Beltsville, MD
For once, I'm on the newspaper's side.
For once, I'm on the newspaper's side.
Now I am biased. I would have lead with this one:
Believe me Gregory Wahl, the Post did you and your people a huge favor by NOT showing that freak show.
It's certainly more TRUTHFUL!
I wish someone could post a photo of Cindy & the other speakers in front of the A.N.S.W.E.R. banner on their platform....any mention of A.N.S.W.E.R. drives the democrats crazy..I say, let's help them with a picture that could become as famous as the NO busses!
Charlotte looks more like a grieving mother than the camera-hound Cindy.
An American flag or a yellow ribbon tied to a car is to be derided...but plastering your car with bumper stickers and decals repeating anti-war sound bites is to be applauded as courageous and the exercise of dissent.
Hypocrisy, thy name is the left.
Is there a "Caption This" thread for that pic? If there isn't, I'll go and make one!
There wasn't ANY coverage of the anti war rally in these parts today, and only a brief flash of a lunatic being hauled away by police last night.
I guess those lunatics on the left are upset that their 8,500 crowd of all sorts of protestors- from palestinian freedom protestors to maxists lenonists get a little cranky when they don't get the spotlight they perposely violate laws to get.
Thanx
Cindy Sheehan thrills a local photographer by demonstrating her Mark Morford impression on an oblivious Jesse Jackson.
Well, we know the names of three DU dummies at least. We all know they read FreeRepublic more than they read their own idiotic disgusting Web site. They steal all our ideas too.
They probably saw yesterday's post and decided to do their nasty evil mean-spirited nasty DU responses to anything that represents pro-America.
Kommies - all of them!
Liberal moonbats are clueless ~ Bump!
Yuck! Talk about "stuck on stupid."
Well, it smelled like hundreds of thousands...
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