Winning Hearts and Minds – of the MSM*
December 14th, 2005 - 10:13 pm
Marlin Kluvers tells me that Fairbanks News-Miner reporter Margaret Friedenauer is an embed with the 172nd Stryker Brigade in Iraq. Luckily for us, she isn’t just reporting – she’s also blogging. Here’s a little something from her first patrol:
Think about everything you
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Stephen Green. Now. (And Margaret Friedenauer)….
Inspiring Stories….
As the Iraqis go out to vote today (see Washington Post for overview regarding high turnout), it is good to see stories that are supportive of our country, our military, and the work that we are doing abroad. First, is
It’s a case of a now free Iraq changing the minds of the MSM one reporter at a time. Unfortunately, at that pace, the MSM will never catch up to reality.
It doesn’t matter, since the embeds have been told by their hotel bound betters and editors that they are being brainwashed and will be ignored.
Worrying about the accuracy of the media is like worrying about the loyalty of a French ally. What’s the point?
The great, career-making, breaking news stories usually don’t have happy endings; they usually revolve around disturbing news, deceit and downfall.”
And as many times as people point it out, and as many times as the MSM denies it – right there, she admits the biggest problem (Which, by the way, shows she’s got more introspection than most, and should be applauded).
The way to get ahead is scandal. Bleeds, it leads. Big Story Now! Not *reporting*. Not telling things how they are, but slanting them. Reporters used to “journal” things, now they’re activists (In my time in the media, I met very few who *genuinely* had the attempt at objectivity).
And up to and until that’s corrected, this “Watergate mentality” is worked out of the media, it’s going to continue to get worse.
If you disagree, just answer me this. Who would you rather have reporting on *you* to the country, Tom Brokaw, or Ernie Pyle?
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If most of the talking heads covered Normandy, They’d likely be asking Wehrmacht officers questions about anglo-american aggression…
This lady’s got class and cajones going against the norm…
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Thank God for folks like Margaret Friedenauer and Michael Yon.
Truth be told, the “disturbing news, deceit and downfall” is the lack of honest reporting by the MSM.
REVELATION
I found an old entry by Vodkapundit that warmed my heart. He found an embed from Alaska who was struck by the magnitude of her job: Think about everything you