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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 08:37 AM
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MSM's half-assed coverage of Rumsfeld
To their (partial) credit, the MSM that I have seen has been putting Rumsfeld's "Tough Shit, soldiers" speech in fairly heavy rotation.

However:

1) I've been told that after his statements, he was roundly boo'ed by the soldiers. I have yet to see that broadcast anywhere.

2) In the "teasers," they talk about the "positive" statement Rummy made about promising to send more armor. They don't talk about his shithead idiocy until you actually get to the story itself.

3) When they talk about the "shortage" of Hummers and Hummer armor, NOBODY has mentioned how there are so many stupid rich yuppies driving them around on our city streets. Hummer even found time to make a Hummer2, a super-deluxe consumer luxury model. Yet they can't find the time to make more Hummers for our TROOPS?
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Supersedeas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 03:23 PM
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1. feed the sheeple more in-depth coverage of Peterson, more Peterson, more
Edited on Thu Dec-09-04 03:25 PM by Supersedeas
the logical follow-up would be to talke to the boots on the ground in Iraq to develop wider understanding of this issue...if the Media really cared, that is....but, as we can all see...the MSM has other priorities.
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