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Ronnocomot MIA (Banned or Retired)   Last Seen: 12.13.2008 11.20 PM Member Since: Sep 2006 Location: IL Trucker? 4-Wheeler Posts: 8,315 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 40 Thanked: 801 Times

I guess Hero's Don't Matter in New York City. 32 successive New York Times front page articles on Abu Ghraib. Since May 1 the New York Times has had a front page article every day, until today. [LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This Truck Forum Link. [LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This Truck Forum Link. [LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This Truck Forum Link. [LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This Truck Forum Link. [LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This Truck Forum Link. [LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This Truck Forum Link. [LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This Truck Forum Link. [LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This Truck Forum Link. [LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This Truck Forum Link. [NOTE: Abu Ghraib mentioned in first paragraph ] [LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This Truck Forum Link. October 13, 2007 -- Every major daily paper in New York took note of President Bush's deci sion to bestow the first Medal of Honor of Operation Enduring Freedom on Navy SEAL Lt. Michael Murphy - a Long Islander who gave his life for his country and his fellow SEALs. Every paper but one, that is. And it shouldn't be particularly hard to guess which one. By now, most folks know exactly how much The New York Times despises the U.S. military. How it detests any mission that involves U.S. troops - whether to protect Americans by killing terrorists or to help stave off a bloodbath in the Middle East. How the paper works tirelessly to promote its anti-war, anti-military agenda - even in its supposedly objective news pages. So while Bush's announcement merited stories and appreciative editorials in The Post, The New York Sun, the Daily News and even the front page of liberal Newsday, it shouldn't be all that surprising that the Times didn't publish a single word about Murphy's well-deserved honor. What did the paper of record focus on yesterday? No fewer than three stories reported on how Americans had killed innocent Iraqi civilians. Regarding the war, of course, the Times' "coverage" was pernicious long before the fighting began. Since then, it has focused obsessively on the mistakes and sins of American GIs (Abu Ghraib, anyone?) - and rarely has it played up U.S. victories. Indeed, it would be hard to cite a news outlet more responsible for sapping U.S. morale - and emboldening America's enemies - than the Times. But Murphy was a New Yorker. He served with unusual valor and distinction in Afghanistan. When Taliban militants ambushed his four-man team in 2005, he risked his life scrambling to an open spot to radio for help. He got his call through, but was later killed in the battle. Surely even editors at the Times could have had the heart to report - if not honor - such courage and self-sacrifice. Unless, of course, they're so blinded by their disdain for America's fighting men and women and their missions that they just can't muster the decency to do so. That must be it. [LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This Truck Forum Link.

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GuysLady Trucker Forum STAFF   Last Seen: 1 Hour Ago 03.53 PM Member Since: Jun 2007 Location: The eye of the storm.... Trucker? Trucker Wife Posts: 6,900 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 2,547 Thanked: 2,036 Times My Truckers Blog : 4

Sad, isn't it? That they are based in the City that was hardest hit by the terrorists and they cannot honor one of the true defenders? __________________ Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain.

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Ronnocomot MIA (Banned or Retired)   Last Seen: 12.13.2008 11.20 PM Member Since: Sep 2006 Location: IL Trucker? 4-Wheeler Posts: 8,315 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 40 Thanked: 801 Times

The New York Times is a perfect example of an anti-war newspaper with a liberal view of the world. The Left, however, would say there is no bias in reporting. This is a perfect example of that being false. 32 straight days on Abu Gharaib. No mention of a New Yorker being awarded a posthumous Medal of Honor. They should be ashamed.

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That is disheartening.... j-mac __________________ "IT HAS been seen that the dangers incident to a representative democracy are of two kinds: danger of a low grade of intelligence in the representative body, and in the popular opinion which controls it; and danger of class legislation on the part of the numerical majority, these being all composed of the same class." John Stuart Mill

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