Jaded Journalism

American Legion Magazine ^ | October, 2006 | Ralph Peters

[Past Your Eyes]

Last summer, the media featured two stories about our forces in Iraq. The first was the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the world’s most rabid terrorist, who was cornered and killed by special-operations troops working with the Air Force and the Army. For years, journalists had taunted military briefers about their inability to find and finish off Zarqawi. As long as he was on the loose, the terror master was portrayed as a dark, defiant giant.

After we got him, the moment of triumph was brief. Within 48 hours, pundits-for-hire assured Americans that Zarqawi really didn’t matter that much and that killing him changed nothing. In a week the story was dead. Our victories have no appeal to the group-think journalists who translate war to the American people.

[Past Your Eyes]

There's usually at least one article in the Legion Magazine that I pass over to my wife and tell her she must read it. This is the one this month.

[johnny7]

“ ...unreflective left-wing conformists captivated by group-think”

Dead-on...

[Mind-numbed Robot]

It is an excellent article but, unfortunately, it is just another example of preaching to the choir. Those of us who love America and are thankful for the troops we have, few, if any, who are the target of this article will be reading American Legion Magazine. Too bad such well reasoned and presented information goes unheeded by our media leaders.

[Thombo2]

Great article.Re:Journalist's-"most are so lacking in self awareness that they don't recognize the biases that taint their own reporting...".The author is too kind.I think most journalists are fully aware of their bias.The intent(of negative reporting)is to undermine the morale of the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and the morale of Americans at home.