Folks:
Not to throw any more gas near this fire but, I've worked in the media for over 30 years, behind the scenes.
There's a bias in EVERY newsroom - Dan Rather is the most prominent face that's ever been brought to the forefront and he has been dismissed for it (His contract w/60 MINUTES is up for renewal - it's not being renewed. This guy "toasted" his CAREER because of his politics. Justice served!).
What's worse is: When news people bring their personal biases into the newsroom and envision how the story should be presented (Not "Just the facts."), and what they then present as news is just short of criminal. If governing bodies can arrest agitating "leaders" in riot circumstances, they should also be able to start with the national press and work their way into the local newsrooms. What apparently used to be called "editorializing" is now presented as news, and many times, more than not, it's nothing but either propaganda for a business or more often the presenter's opinion on a particular topic. News isn't news anymore.
That's why you have to listen, filter, filter and re-filter the pablum out there before you get to the facts.
You've all heard this before..."Repeat a lie often enough and it will become the truth..."
3 Marines sacrificed for a story? Worse has been done, reported, and filed for another re-write later on.
Save the solders first, then find out the real story.
It sounds like MikeMover is way ahead of the game. Everyone else is playing "catchup" in a game that demands skill to disseminate fact from fiction. And apparently, there are WAY TOO MANY amatuers out there to even have the game started.
Thanks for letting me spill me' splean. It's now clean!