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May 22, 2005
'Hugh Hewitt's Support of the Military Does More Harm Than Good'
John Cole at Balloon Juice contends that blogger Hugh Hewitt's "so-called 'support' of the military does it far more harm than it does good." Today's entry is a classic example," he wrote. He cited this excerpt from Mr. Hewitt:The combined volley of a fake story (Newsweek's) and an old story (the New York Times') underscore Terry Moran's assertion that there exists deep hostility to the military in the MSM, and Linda Foley's idiocy is proof positive of the existence of a lunatic fringe that will believe whatever they have to believe in order to justify to themselves their feverish hatred of George W. Bush. It is almost inevitable that more anti-military stories will surface, powered by more leaks, all designed to discredit a war effort that is all too obviously succeeding in Afghanistan, Iraq and Lebanon and hopefully elsewhere in the Middle East...
Such a "leak" ended up leading to the death of innocents this week --though MSM seems uniquely disinterested in naming those dead in the Newsweek riots-- and the damage future scoops may cause can only be guessed.Everyone repeat after me," Mr. Cole said, adding: Reporting on abuses that have been committed by our troops, in our name, is not anti-military. While I am not arrogant enough to attempt to divine the motives of every journalist who reports on such abuses, Hugh appears to be up to the challenge. I find his attack on the reporting of the outrageous abuses detailed at length in the NY Times to be both disturbing and disingenuous."
I totally agree. Here's more of Mr. Cole's unflinching critique of Mr. Hewitt's post. I highly recommend this article.
Posted by Munir Umrani at May 22, 2005 01:03 AM
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