Fort Carson halts access for The (Denver) Post (don't like the coverage)

[Newsjock]

http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~53~2585336,00.html

The Army is denying The Denver Post access to Fort Carson and to information on military activities in the wake of a Sunday article in The Post on military medical holds.

"We have temporarily suspended relations with The Denver Post as a direct result of Fort Carson not being given fair and balanced treatment in a story that appeared on Dec. 5, 2004," Lt. Col. David Johnson, the chief public affairs officer at the base, said Wednesday evening.

The front-page article examined claims from mentally and physically ill National Guard and Army Reserve members who say they are being denied access to quality care and are being shoved out of the military without disability pay. Congress has been scrutinizing medical holds at bases across the country.

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1. Uh oh, did the Post forget what "embedded" means?

Well, they'll quickly learn that when the military deigns to allow them to report on matters military, it means providing a platform and amplification for whatever they're trying to sell. Facts, critical analysis and informed judgments have no place in the equation, and if the Post can't quite fathom that, then it will not longer be allowed to play in the military's sandbox.

[zbdent]

7. Embedded - a bullet residing in your head when

you actually uncover the truth . . .

[Tempest]

2. Repug Maryland governor also banned media

America is no longer a democracy, it's a feifdom.

[jmcgowanjm]

3. Provisions for combating biased foreign media coverage of the U.S.

Your 911 intel bill in action:

http://talkleft.com/new_archives/008940.html#008940

[drscm]

4. Oops. Someone from the Post pulled his/her head out from where it was

embedded. Naughty, naughty.

[gingergreen]

5. So they're worried about fair and balanced treatment for the Fort

but don't give a shit about their soldiers.

That sure is FAIR and BALANCED.

What a bunch of crap. It's sad that such a wonderful state can have such incredibly conservative cities (CO Springs, Fort Carson, Pueblo)

:puke:

[tanyev]

6. Yep, if we could just get

rid of the media, all of the problems in this country would disappear.

[maddezmom]

8. Ap link: Paper Barred From Fort Carson Over Story

Relations were suspended temporarily "as a direct result of Fort Carson not being given fair and balanced treatment in a story that appeared on Dec. 5, 2004," Johnson told the Post for an article published Thursday.


Sunday's front-page report focused on mentally and physically ill National Guard and Army Reserve members who say they have been denied quality care and are being pushed out of the service without disability pay. Congress has been reviewing so-called "medical holds" at bases across the country.


Post Editor Greg Moore said the story was thorough, balancing the concerns of the soldiers with a substantial response from the military.


"It's our job to investigate issues like these and explain them to our readers, many of whom have family members serving in the military," Moore said. "We hope Fort Carson officials reconsider their ban of The Denver Post. If they don't, we will appeal to senior military officers at Fort Carson and in Washington, and through any other legal or congressional channels that are available to us."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&ncid=718&e=6&u=/ap/20041210/ap_on_re_us/fort_carson_reporters

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9. "Embedded Journalist"

[pfitz59]

10. Ft Carson? Same place they coerced re-enlistments?

IE: Re-enlist, or go to Iraq? Doesn't sound too soldier friendly. Perhaps the 4th Estate is finally getting off it's collective knees, one leg at a time!

[TahitiNut]

11. Does the military comprehend the "free press" they supposedly defend?

Absolutely nowhere does the defense of "free speech" or a "free press" include the power to selectively and unilaterally excommunicate. The Fort Carson command staff needs serious remedial education.

[troubleinwinter]

12. Kiss it goodbye...

Freedom of press and freedom of speech. Buh-bye.