Letters to the Editor
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The Generals and Media Accountability
I saw the program. De Rita was in the usual denial mode. Torie Clark has been absent ( haven't seen her on CNN in a while) and The Colonel was pathetic. He complained he did not get enough face time on TV and he found the media too left! I read elsewhere that the Generals have gone into a Retreat.
The CNN, ABC and the others have been caught with their proverbial pants down; not a pretty picture and it has been effectively kiboshed. I guess we have to leave it to the Comedy Show to ask serious questions.
Recall when CNN was expelled from Baghdad: Eason Jordan flew over and met with Saddam and eventually got CNN re-admitted. The NYT article reports that he went to the Pentagon to seek reassurance that it was okay for CNN to use the generals before the Iraq War began. Remember that Fox's Rupert Murdoch agreed to stop transmitting BBC World to China when it came into conflict with his business interests.
It been so for a decade or more. The profession of journalism is held in contempt not only in the Left blogosphere; they are held in contempt by their employers at GE, Disney and other corporate headquarters.