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This is the most disgusting episode in a disgusting and rancid episode brought to you by the AP and mainstream media. The Dept of Defense asks AP not to respect the dignity of a dying Marine, the family asks the same, but the AP holds a meeting and decides to ignore common decency and publish the photo. Then they take a holier than Thou and would have us believe they are standing guard for us and protecting our right to know.

Where is that right to know when it comes to criticizing the Obama administration? Dead silence. This sort of action makes me sick at my stomach. The print media cant die fast enough for me.

1 posted on 09/05/2009 9:51:59 AM PDT by Bulldawg Fan
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To: Bulldawg Fan

The Establishmedia hates our Troops.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2332782/posts

Pray for the Tea Party Express


2 posted on 09/05/2009 9:56:07 AM PDT by bray (He's a Divider not a Uniter)
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I have seen the photo and read the original (well) article about the engagement that claimed the LCpl’s life.

As a Marine, I am not offended by the photo. It is a fact of life that Marines suffer and die far from home.

I understand that the family did not want to see the graphic image, but I don't see a reason to condemn the AP for publishing the image.

4 posted on 09/05/2009 10:06:56 AM PDT by lack-of-trust
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It was most likely a relative of Obama who chucked the grenade anyways.
The MSM is the lowest of the low.


5 posted on 09/05/2009 10:07:55 AM PDT by Yorlik803 ( If this be treason, then lets make the best of it.)
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To: Bulldawg Fan

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2332260/posts


6 posted on 09/05/2009 10:08:49 AM PDT by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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It seems like the ‘media’ have backed away from taking photos of coffins being unloaded at Dover AFB. They agitated for access all during the Bush Administration. Now that their boy is in the WH, they are “respecting” something by not showing any coffin photos.

Could it be because this August was the month of the highest American mortality in the entire Afghanistan campaign?


8 posted on 09/05/2009 10:13:53 AM PDT by maica (Politics is not about facts. it is about what politicians can get people to believe. - Thomas Sowell)
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WOW..Gates is DISAPPOINTED. What a wuzz.


19 posted on 09/05/2009 10:48:35 AM PDT by Marty62 (former Marty60)
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It was done on purpose to stir up muslims hatred more here and around the world...Dontcha get it yet, Islam is here, it’s in the White House and surrounded by the likes of Van Jones, Arianna Huffington. Islam’s goal? Conquer the world. Have they?


23 posted on 09/05/2009 11:04:02 AM PDT by Freddd (Government run health care=paying more and being denied what we already have.)
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Didn’t the current president okay the photographing the coffins coming in at Dover Air Force Base? Why would anyone not expect what followed? This is who these people are. Resist them when you vote. As a matter of fact, resist them when they rant.


31 posted on 09/05/2009 5:44:09 PM PDT by maxwellsmart_agent
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People need to see that war is hell. People need to see the toll it takes on our sons and daughters. People need to see what they sacrifice for our freedom. People need to see this ghastly photo. May it be burned into our minds so that we never forget this marine’s sacrifice for us.

Where’s the AP bias in this particular situation? Their photographer was there, on the front lines, risking her life to bring us photos of our boys fighting in Afghanistan, and this happened. Which do you prefer? White-washed DoD controlled PR telling us everything is fine, or the truth? I am sorry the family’s wishes weren’t respected, and I pray that they find healing, and that their son’s sacrifice will not be in vain.


34 posted on 09/05/2009 9:17:55 PM PDT by Karma Police (Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!!!)
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