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60 Minutes Wednesday out |
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War is not a Holiday Inn stay |
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05/19/2005 |
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Hard digging in "breaking" the Abu Ghraib scandal? You've got to be joking.
The military broke news of an investigation into possible prisoner abuse some three months before the "60 Minutes II" broadcast aired.
You spin the timeline as if CBS was doing the Pentagon a favor by delaying the broadcast. Fact is, the story didn't have much to it until the photos of Lynndie England and company were mailed, MAILED to CBS News.
After months of lefties in the mainstream news media pointing fingers at President Bush and Secretary Rumsfeld regarding Abu Ghraib, it's amusing to read more accusations of "it starts at the top." You think the president, Graner and England were in cahoots from day one?? Don't tell me...
No, this story has nothing to do with Memogate. But any report stating Mary Mapes "broke" the Abu Ghraib scandal is flat-out wrong. Where were the reporters when the military announced possible abuse of detainees? Why the three-month gap between the military's official announcement and CBS' initial report?
All about the pictures. Give the Peabody to Newman or Cliff Clavin. They'd have as much to do with the awards as Mapes, Rather or anyone else working on that program. |
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Where is the bigger picture in all this? The prisoners were never physically harmed, but insulted. Can you imagine what is done to U.S. soldiers when THEY are captured? They get it a lot worse than getting offensive pictures taken of them. When did war time capture make one become entitled to a stay at the Holiday Inn???????
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