The Cloudy Transparency of the MSM

It is certainly no shock to have read this at Michelle Malkin's place today, yet it is frustrating and infuriating all the same.

In their mission to "report" (read: exaggerate, distort, and spin) the truth about the war in Iraq, the NYT chose the wrong brave & honorable soldier to use for their disgraceful propaganda: Cpl. Jeffrey B. Starr. Fortunately, Cpl. Starr's uncle, Timothy Lickness, has spoken up with the truth -- the real & whole truth, not some carefully-chosen fragments that tell a carefully-chosen story. Read more here.

When you read the WHOLE story, the agenda of the NYT and the rest of the MSM is crystal clear. What worries me is how many people aren't getting the WHOLE story. Although my hubby, Jake, and I have eschewed TV (yes, as in don't have it), we are part of a decided minority in this country that does not get the bulk of their "information" from TV in general, and the MSM in specific.

They want the war over now. They want our troops out now. Never mind that this would not only throw away the strides that have been made toward Iraqi freedom & democracy, but also actually render the loss of our brave soldiers in vain.

So what do they do? They toss around the power that we entrust to them with little or no concern for delivering what WE ARE PAYING THEM TO DO -- report the news, report the facts, report the events -- who, what, when, where, why, how -- so that citizens can make informed decisions. Apparently, they not only refuse to deliver what we are paying them for, but also want to add insult to injury by making it clear that they disdainfully think they're a hell of a lot smarter than their customers. Why else would they feel the need and think it's perfectly OK to report THEIR TAKE on the news, rather than the news itself?

Now, I'm not suggesting that everyone throw their TV sets and newspapers out the window -- as liberating and empowering as that would be. I'm just saying that it is our right AND OUR DUTY, as citizens, to get as much information as we can, and from a variety of sources. If we don't we will have to live with the shame of having taken the easy road, of having listened to the MSM, shrugged, and condemned the brave men and women out there fighting for freedom.

Take a good, hard look at the MSM. It's pretty damn clear what they're about. For the sake of our military, our country, and the world, LET'S NOT LET THEM GET AWAY WITH IT.