Monday, June 26, 2006
Media - "The My Lai Lie"
In sports, one quickly learns not to judge the outcome of a game until it's over.
It seems like the media has never played any sports...
It seems like the media has never played any sports...
At the WeeklyStandard.com, Fred Barnes criticizes certain media outlets:
"THE MEDIA COVERAGE of the killing of 24 Iraqis at Haditha has given rich new definition to the phrase 'rush to judgment.' The coverage, plus the reaction of antiwar politicians like Democratic representative John Murtha, amounts to a public verdict of guilty, rendered against a handful of Marines, before an investigation of the bloody incident is completed or a trial (if there is one) held."
"An egregious example was MSNBC host Chris Matthews's interview with Murtha on May 17. Asked to 'draw us a picture of what happened in Haditha,' the congressman said he'd tell 'exactly' what occurred. 'One Marine was killed and the Marines just said we're going to take care. They don't know who the enemy is. The pressure was too much on them, so they went into houses and they actually killed civilians.'"
