Akron TV anchor reports home from duty in Iraq

Akron Beacon Journal ^ | Dec. 26,2003 | Bob Dyer

[TEXOKIE]

Nevermind!! I clicked on your link and got it! (***DUH!***)

"Guardsman with family for holidays shares story he says we're not getting"

[Molly Pitcher]

That was my mistake, TEX, when I posted it....cut it off accidentally.

[Old Sarge]

If I responded to this the way I really want to, the Viking Kitties would descend upon me...

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Good post though, you won't hear anything good coming out of Iraq unless you have someone in the military or a piece like this comes along.

We've been finding, posting and sharing good news from Iraq daily for over 7 months. We don't get most of it from the mainstream press. We're bypassing the press and taking it to the people.

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[windchime]

Bump!

[speekinout]

Until January, the veteran television journalist had spent 17 years moonlighting with the National Guard. He joined so he could afford college and he stayed because he liked it.

Well, yes. We pay taxes for college and training for these people so that we can use them as necessary. I don't have a whole lot of sympathy for the ones who moan when they have to do what they're trained for.

This guy doesn't sound like one of the biggest complainers, and I know several National Guards who were more than willing to put their training to use.
Most of us commend the career military, and we should also commend the National Guard - I would only except the ones who got their college paid for and whine about living up to their end of the bargain. That's very few, but enough for the mainstream media to generate many stories.

[mountaineer]

Those stories are falling through the cracks, he implies, because most reporters would rather sit around at base camps and use material supplied by the military instead of venturing into the dangerous desert. The biggest story we're not getting, he says, is the huge number of successes the U.S. military has enjoyed in foiling terrorists

I'd wager another reason the success stories are "falling through the cracks" is that to report them would conflict with the viewpoint of the various reporters' employers, e.g., CBS, NY Times, etc.

Good story, thanks for posting!

[Alamo-Girl]

Bump!