Lazy, Stupid or Willfully Ignorant?

Forward Movement by Jules Crittenden | Jul. 12, 2007 (News Report)

Right now, all the talk in DC is whether there has been any progress in Iraq. No one can wait till September. They need to know now. Primarily, it appears, because they need to kill the war for their own domestic political reasons before it kills them. Most people, of course, already have the answer they want.

But how come, if this is the pressing issue of the day, we've seen no serious effort whatsoever among our leading news organizations to ... Full Story »

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 by David Starr - Oct. 1, 2008

Jules Crittenden laments the lightweight war coverage in the MSM. He's right, AP, NYT, LAT, and Wash Post coverage is non existant. We don't get names of units, commanders, or places, no anecdotes, no videos of action, numbers of enemy killed or taken prisoner, Air Force missions, logistical support, decorations, battle maps. The only decent stories coming back from Iraq are from Michael Yon and Bill Roggio, free lancers who are doing it on their own nickel, and the mil bloggers.

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