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Posted on 12/12/2006 4:27:10 PM PST by lowbridge
Posted by Justin McCarthy on December 12, 2006 - 17:00.
The bravest and most patriotic of Americans, those who see first hand what goes on in Iraq, can see the liberal bias in the media. On Monday’s Hannity and Colmes, co-host Sean Hannity recounted from his recent trip to Iraq that many in uniform there feel the media paints a grimmer picture than the reality on the ground. Hannity first offered this comment when talking with Oliver North reporting from Ramadi, Iraq.
Sean Hannity: "You know Colonel, one of the things without fail, wherever the secretary went, he was greeted like a rock star. I mean, the troops love him. And the one theme that kept coming back to me, and they watched TV regularly, they’ve had Fox News on almost everywhere I went, is that the media was not portraying this accurately, and they did mentioned, quite often, the disdain and the disgust at the portrayal of, of their efforts and the politics that’s going on behind here in America. I assume that, this now your eighth trip to Iraq, you’re hearing a lot of the same thing."
Later in the show, Hannity played his taped discussions with U.S. troops in Mosul. There, one soldier spoke up on the media portrayal of the situation in Iraq.
U.S. Soldier: "The bottom line is that from we hear what is being said in the media back home, but we’re here and we see a totally different side of what’s happening."
Hannity: "Explain that. What’s the difference between what people hear at home and what’s happening here?"
U.S. Soldier: "A good example: This past Tuesday we went out to the city to deliver school supplies to children."
Hannity: "And we’re in Mosul just so people know.
U.S. Soldier: "And the Iraqi Army actually provided our security for us. We didn’t have any problems. The locals, they were, you know, they were a little bit shy and nervous but, you know, absolutely -"
Hannity: "So that sort of transition is happening successfully."
Soldier: "Oh yeah, oh yeah."
I was lucky enough to have tuned into this show last night, and these fine heroes brought tears to my eyes. The one fellow who said, when asked why he joined, that he joined because he loves his country was just wonderful!
That young man made me so darned proud!
Same here! That was truly one of the best segments I've ever seen on Hannity & Colmes. And Sean said it 'just happened spontaneously'. I literally had tears in my eyes at the end of that segment... what amazing heroes they are!
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We should rename FR
News that MSN media refuse to print
No kiddin'!
All the news that's FIT to print!
Thanks for the ping!
It's true LOL!
Fox news has fair and balance
FR is news orgaiuzation that fit to print
We don't need Queen run our news LOL! aka LA Times with David Geffen
http://hotair.com/archives/2006/12/12/video-us-troops-on-kerry-the-media-and-iraq/
"We should rename FR"
We should put our heads together and figure out how to bring the leftist media down, once and for all.
>> Troops in Iraq Express Frustration with the Media
That's why we gotta keep reaching out to these guys and let them know that we know about all the good work they're doing.
There are so many ways to send the troops messages. Our voices should overwhelm the MSM!
BUMP!!!
Republicans/conservatives seem to be good at raising money for campaigns. How about raising money to start a conservative network?
Want proof?
'Google' the words "troops succeed".
13 hits for "military successes" 1 for "army success." 0 hits for "military
personnel succeed" 0 hits for "troops succeed" 0 hits for "Marines succeed"
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