[smoothsailing]

During an ambush by insurgent forces in Haditha, 15 civilians and nine insurgents were killed by Marines of Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines.

The statement by Justin Sharratt ("The news is saying there were 24 innocent civilians killed. It's not accurate at all. My case proves it".) is true, and Michael Reagan understands it and accurately reports the truth. The media to this day is still saying 24 civilians were killed. There is a collective sickness in the media that can never be cured. The only solution is the marginalization of the media, eventually bringing about it's inevitable collapse into little more than an archaic oddity, worthy of only dismissive scorn.

[4woodenboats]

Smooth, Winter uses "24 Civilians" in his censure letters for Huck, Davis and Sokoloski , which was well after the media had painted their walls with it, effectively giving them a pass, but long after Winters knew it wasn't true.

freema had posted a link to a copy of the censures @92 here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993980/posts?page=98#92

(which, interestingly, isn't opening for me any more), and I commented on it @98