Since you are "pro-military," then you can understand the dismay with this story and the media in general. It would be just so typical for the liberal media to tear a military hero down.
57 posted on Thursday, December 15, 2011 3:48:00 PM by World’sGoneInsane: “Since you are ‘pro-military,’ then you can understand the dismay with this story and the media in general. It would be just so typical for the liberal media to tear a military hero down.”
We are in agreement.
Few people get more annoyed with left-wing media bias than someone like me who has spent a quarter-century dealing with it on a daily basis from colleagues. There are certainly conservatives and moderates in the news media, just like there are certainly liberals in the military, but they’re a distinct minority in both professions. The dominant cultures in both professions are such that it’s not advantageous to one’s career to speak out too much.
57 posted on Thursday, December 15, 2011 3:48:00 PM by World’sGoneInsane: “Well, if you are a reporter that knows there will be more information coming out, then we will see and judge what else comes out.”
Clarification — I know nothing about this individual case.
My point was that once claims like this get made, there is no way the questions that got raised will remain unanswered. The fellow Marines and friends of this Medal of Honor recipient will make **VERY** sure of that.
Likewise, the media whose stories have been called into question, and President Obama’s own staff, and the military personnel who reviewed the Medal of Honor packet, and the Marine public affairs personnel will all be double-checking their work.
Long-term, fact-checking is a good thing. Short-term, it can be very unpleasant to deal with garbage accusations getting made, but in a case like this the accusations, if proven to be garbage, will get refuted. The Medal of Honor is too significant for this story to go away before the facts are on the table.