tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774317.post403899342768410069..comments2024-03-20T16:30:09.690-05:00Comments on The Fifth Column: Protecting Who?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774317.post-5273751827977036062008-01-10T21:11:00.000-06:002008-01-10T21:11:00.000-06:00I remember not long ago, the Iranians attacked the...I remember not long ago, the Iranians attacked the British in the same way, and the British just let themselves be taken hostage.<BR/><BR/>But now that they tried the same kind of piracy against our ships, but then ran off when we trained our guns on them and prepared to blow them and their little rubber dinghies out of the water, we're supposed to say "alleged" and "purported." I guess we should have just surrendered and let ourselves be taken hostage, so the AP would actually say unequivocally what the Iranians did.<BR/><BR/>With such treasonable pro-U.S.-defeat journalism so common, is it any wonder the war has become so unpopular? (Well, granted the horrors of Abu Ghraib and the various other blunders we've committed in the war haven't exactly helped either.) But the AP has become more and more brash and bold about displaying their bias and their sympathies. Henceforth we must refer to the AP as an "alleged" newswire service and their members as "purported" journalists.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com