Those in the newsroom making such decisions are guilty of treason.
The excuse “we have to go with sources in the field” doesn’t fly because the media has been very skeptical of running any positive news that the Pentagon may put forward including a journalist who lashed out at a press conference and said “we aren’t going to run your propaganda”.
So when editors decide to run enemy propaganda unfiltered and embargo the US government’s own releases, there IS an effort being made to aid and comfort the enemy in a time of war.
The question is NOT whether they “knew” they were running a lie, they didn’t CARE if it was true or not because they knew that it would diminish continued support for the war in Iraq. “Quagmire”, “Boondoggle”, “Civil War”, “Bush’s fault”...
It sounds good and pushes forward their agenda of “ending” the war with defeat and handing Iraq over to Iranian funded terrorist groups. All so the Democrats can focus on “domestic” issues like personal and corporate regulations to address Global Warming and Socialized Medicine.