[Enterprise]

The fourth estate has a lot of new tenants, and they are loudly complaining that someone has really stunk up the place.

[Paladin2]

There is somewhat of a distinction to be made between reporters and journalists and editors. As it currently stands, there are few reporters, and many journalists acting as editors.

[RedRover]

BUMP!

[Bahbah]

Our newspapers and networks clearly do have consummate professionals who believe they have an obligation to give readers and viewers honest, unvarnished news.

Really?

[50sDad]

"U.S. Military Defeats Fifth Column"

There, fixed it.

[xzins]

That same scenario and question applies to Haditha. It was not just the Marines who stood accused, but all of our troops were painted and smeared by a very wide media brush. Words and phrases such as "massacre," "war criminals," "mercenaries" and "in cold blood," covered our front pages and evening newscasts for weeks. Who in that same media has reported the dropped or reduced charges against those Marines? Where is the balance in that coverage?

Haditha ping.

Article on the media and the military with HADITHA as one of the prime examples of their DISTORTIONS of information.

This was all caused by Marine Corps Commandant Hagee & Unnamed other military sources in the chain of command or working for them going to a man they KNEW would take the information public.

It was not caused by Time's misreporting.

Had everyone just said the proper thing, "The Jury's still out on the Time report, and an investigation is ongoing. Our Marines are always presumed innocent."

Such a simple handling of this case would have prevented the frenzy that the military caused through Murtha.

Not just Undue Command Influence, but also an Impossibility of Seating an Impartial Court Martial.

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

Now the 4th E is learning the joys of having a party line. Everybody on the internet is hogging their means of getting the message out.

[SkyPilot]

In the United States, journalism is still a noble calling that schools the serious-minded in the collecting of facts....

Good article, but this throw away line as bait for "goodwill" to journalists was BS.

[GATOR NAVY]

As an example, any independent study of the media during the past few years will show an almost obsessive need to promote exclusively negative stories about Iraq.

My personal favorite, from the losers at McClatchy: As violence falls in Iraq, cemetery workers feel the pinch