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Originally posted by Nicko: Oh yea... there is a brilliant idea... only allow journalists selectively report on what THEY feel is newsworthy. Why not just have the US Military dictate what is real news and what is not... oh wait they already try to do that. Its a slippery slope. |
OK, then report it in a less inflammatory way. Read what the piece quoted above says again. Notice the complete lack of objectivity. Notice that it doesn't say who sent the pamphlets - leaving the reader perhaps to conclude that the troops are being ordered to pray for Bush. Notice the stress on Christianity. Is there any suggestion that other religions are present in the US military? Nope, there isn't.
It's a piece of rotten journalism and it would probably be better if journalists tempted to write crap like that were to refrain a little more often. But they do have the right to write it even though I would prefer it if they would raise their standards just a tad.