To: teddyballgame; Billthedrill; aculeus; AnAmericanMother; All
The whole culture of wearing flags on our lapel and saying we when referring to the United States and, even the shock and awe of the initial stages, it was just too jubilant and just a little uncomfortable.
Many professional journalists sneered at my work. The most common criticism was that I lacked objectivity because I called enemy fighters terrorists when they used car bombs to blow up civilians, or because I openly admitted that as an American, I hoped our side would win. I seemed to get particularly bad marks for describing the outcomes of combat missions with terms like: killed the enemy, shot the terrorist, or captured the suspects. But in the context of the war as I was seeing it, the terminology was accurate.
Michael Yon.
9 posted on
09/26/2007 6:01:27 AM PDT by
dighton
To: dighton
"The whole culture of wearing flags on our lapel and saying "we" when referring to the United States and, even the "shock and awe" of the initial stages, it was just too jubilant and just a little uncomfortable."
Interesting. Considering that Edward R. Morrow of CBS long considered the epitome of Investigative Journalism had no problem with being too jubilant and not at all a little uncomfortable and urging US participation in joining the fight when he was broadcasting live by radio during the London Blitz of WW2 fame.
Maybe Katie needs to do some "in-depth investigative journalism" go down to the CBS's vaults and listen to them sometime.
53 posted on
09/26/2007 8:40:19 AM PDT by
RedMonqey
( The truth is never PC)
To: dighton
Margaret Thatcher blasted the refusal of the BBC and others to refer to British troops as “ours” during the Falklands war.
62 posted on
09/26/2007 10:30:17 AM PDT by
aculeus
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