[Rokke]

When the statement "The anonymous Pentagon officials (note plural) represent a terrible challenge to anyone who thinks we are on course to "victory" in Iraq." (bold print mine) appears in someone's commentary, you know its conclusions aren't worth much more than the worthless article it discusses. A quote from "an anonymous Pentagon official" is the equivalent of a cow turd. Quotes from several anonymous Pentagon officials is just a bigger pile of turds. "Reporters" who build stories around anonymous statements from anonymous officials aren't worth the pile of crap they create. And neither is the opinion of someone who relies on their BS as evidence of anything other than MSM bias.

[nathanbedford]

Do I put you in the camp who believes that the reported is flat lying?

[Allegra]

Exactly.

One of my "causes" here on FR is to refute the media when I see them twisting and distorting the truth. And I have often gone after that "citing anonymous officials" or "anonymous Pentagon/Iraqi/State Department, etc. officials" garbage.

I have a different perspective of these things and I put it out there. Some may not like it because it does not fit with their agenda, but I have been vindicated by many: military personnel here who aren't afraid to put their names to their remarks and that rare creature: reporters who report the truth.

The media is playing a very large part in this war. In fact they have even managed to influence and incite events here with their hyperbolic, irrepsonsible reportage.

I call it as I see it, which is more than I can say for the media.

And that's the way it is. ;-)