Via Andrew Sullivan comes this little tidbit from Iraq Now:
I was originally going to post a link to this UK Guardian article listing the casualties of the war among the media—under a heading like “They Also Serve,” or something like that. That is, until I came across this contemptible lie:Note to the Guardian: when you print knee-jerk bullshit like this without taking the time to look into it and find out the actual circumstances of death, you lose credibility and make it that much more difficult to take anti-war arguments and actual real-world examples of Army excesses seriously.The killing of Reuters cameraman Mazen Dana, who was shot dead by US troops in August for filming outside an Iraqi prison, provoked outrage. Journalists who were with Dana accused US soldiers of behaving in a "crazy" and negligent fashion.
Here's a news flash for you guys: Mazen Dana was killed when he went downrange during a firefight, turned around, hefted something on his shoulder, and foolishly aimed it in the direction of a tank’s gunnery optics.
A little integrity from the media, please.
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