Posted on 05/02/2006 8:21:28 AM PDT by redstateone
Soldiers who misbehave make the front page. Soldiers who perform nobly do not. When SFC Smith was awarded the Medal of Honor, the New York Times put the story on page A-13.
I did a Nexis search on "New York Times and Abu Ghraib." It came back with more than 1,000 hits. The Times has run exactly one story that mentions Sgt. Peralta, and he had to share billing in it with SFC Smith and Sgt. Hester.
"A nation that ignores, or, worse, attacks its heroes erodes and disparages its own ethos," warn Mr. Weinberger and Mr. Hall.
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...
The media hates the military. And freedom. Except for their own "freedom of the press" to badmouth everything good.
It's disgraceful. How can it be this way?
That's why the MSM is dying, and they don't even realize the cause. No matter how many times they accuse President Bush of 'living in a bubble', it is they who do so and are unable to see the truth.
Here's a thread to comment on your streetside Starbucks quiz.
Well thank God for Cap Weinberger.
It's just outrageous that a man has to write
a book to turn the tide.
The MSM thinks that the truth is whatever they say it is.
Thank goodness for right-wing talk radio and FOX new channel.
Just having a few stations telling the truth puts a huge chink in the MSA armor.
Duh! MSA should be MSM in the above post, of course.
When the Communists take over, I hope the first thing they burn to the ground is the NY Slimes.
The NY slimes is the friend of the commies.
They will burn down FOX news first and hang Rush and Hannity.
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