the media in this nation is guilty of criminal neglect.
Two quick postscripts: The San Jose Mercury News was bought by McClatchey News this past week and is part of the papers it intended to sell to finance the papers it wants to keep. I don't know who will be buying the Mercury.
Second, Brandon Dewey, whose mother was quoted there, was the inspiration for a song that is apparently growing in popularity among Gold Star families called, I believe, "Good Night, Soldier".