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Six US soldiers killed in Afghan blast [What are the networks covering instead?]
ninemsn.com ^ | 7/9/12

Posted on 07/09/2012 6:03:30 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper

Six American troops have been killed in a roadside bomb attack in eastern Afghanistan, a US official says.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.ninemsn.com.au ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bias; media; terror
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Remember back when so-called news organizations covered tragedies like this with a finger pointed at the Commander-in-Chief?

The deaths of American sons and daughters was tallied every day, and questions about the poor leadership at the top were asked.

Imagine if George Bush were presiding over the deaths of soldiers WHILE AT THE SAME TIME his Vice-President was insisting the murderous Taliban, responsible for the soldiers' deaths, was NOT our enemy. Would the networks give a damn?

1 posted on 07/09/2012 6:03:42 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: SoFloFreeper

Let me guess....TomKat’s pending divorce!


2 posted on 07/09/2012 6:10:34 AM PDT by mom4melody
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To: SoFloFreeper
It infuriates me when NATO, and especially American, troops are killed by roadside bombs. The Afghans should be doing the patrolling, not Americans. How the hell long do these worthless people need to be TRAINED before they are capable of protecting their own families? Six more precious American young soldiers are now dead for NOTHING !
3 posted on 07/09/2012 6:12:39 AM PDT by layman (Card Carrying Infidel)
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To: SoFloFreeper

I wouldn’t know; I was watching Scott Walker taking Howard Dean apart on CNBC this morning.


4 posted on 07/09/2012 6:13:14 AM PDT by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.)
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To: SoFloFreeper
"Families, Soldiers Feel Impact of 2,000 Casualty Mark in Iraq"
- ABC News / Oct. 25, 2005
5 posted on 07/09/2012 6:14:18 AM PDT by LibFreeUSA
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To: SoFloFreeper

Where the heck is Cindy Sheehan??? Why isn’t she camping out at the White House??!!
Prayers for the families of our fallen.


6 posted on 07/09/2012 6:15:55 AM PDT by FES0844
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To: FES0844

She’s still out there. A FB friend is friends with her. She’s just as loud. The media just ignores her now. When she took on the Democrats, the media dropped her.


7 posted on 07/09/2012 6:17:29 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you really want to annoy someone, point out something obvious that they are trying hard to ignore)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Add one more.

Seven US soldiers killed in spate of killings in Afghanistan
International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) spokesperson Brigadier General Günter Katz confirms that seven US soldiers were among 35 people killed in a string of roadside bombs and clashes in southern Afghanistan.

Video news conference

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/9386503/Seven-US-soldiers-killed-in-spate-of-killings-in-Afghanistan.html


8 posted on 07/09/2012 6:19:37 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: SoFloFreeper

Everyday, every death was a drumbeat against the evil Bush.

I know republican folks who were so war disheartened they voted for O, because they felt we had to “stop this terrible war”.

Now the media can’t even cover it.


9 posted on 07/09/2012 6:20:41 AM PDT by I still care (I miss my friends, bagels, and the NYC skyline - but not the taxes. I love the South.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

...the MSM usually reports “NATO” troops, they don’t clarify and get specific anymore and claim notification delay’s. even though other news groups report specific details. The media in this country was told by this administration “don’t expect info” until we tell you what to write.


10 posted on 07/09/2012 6:21:16 AM PDT by Doogle ((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: SoFloFreeper
>"[What are the networks covering instead?]"


11 posted on 07/09/2012 6:21:23 AM PDT by rawcatslyentist ("Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one," Jeremiah 50:31)
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To: SoFloFreeper; Mrs. B.S. Roberts

If George Bush were STILL President, college and university campuses would be erupting all over the country. Student groups and their “professors” would be protesting, marching, beating drums, burning flags, and “possibly” showing compassion for fallen Americans.
Of course, each and every media outlet would be highlighting each and every fallen American, featuring video of mourning home towns, friends and grieving families.
Whoever it is who “reads” the news would solemnly intone that famous line , “THIS WAR IS LOST!”
Of course, now we have Obama, so what the hell?


12 posted on 07/09/2012 6:22:16 AM PDT by CaptainAmiigaf ( NY Times: We print the news as it fits our views.)
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To: AppyPappy

The Spectacle Blog

The Media, the Terrys, and Cindy Sheehan

By Jeffrey Lord on 6.22.12 @ 9:46AM

We keep saying this, but you simply cannot make it up.

Last night Sean Hannity sat down for an interview with Kent and Josephine Terry, the parents of U.S. Border Patrol agent Brian Terry. Brian Terry, of course, was killed by a gun deliberately “walked” into Mexico in the harebrained scheme called “Fast and Furious.”

Fast and Furious has now become a bridge too far for the Obama administration. Attorney General Eric Holder has been cited for contempt of Congress by a House committee (a full House vote set for next week) and President Obama just ignited an uproar by throwing a blanket of executive privilege over the Justice Department.

But something else occurred as we watched the riveting Hannity interview with the Terrys last night.

The Terrys lost their son because of a government policy.

So too did another parent lose a son because of a government policy.

That parent was the mother of a U.S. Soldier killed in the war in Iraq, a constitutionally authorized policy openly arrived at when President Bush asked for and got a congressional resolution allowing him to send troops to Iraq.

That soldier was named Casey Sheehan. And his mother’s name was Cindy. Cindy Sheehan.

Cindy Sheehan, like the Terrys, was understandably devastated by the loss of her son. But there were two not-so-small differences in the Sheehan case and the Terry case.

First, unlike Fast and Furious and the secrecy surrounding Brian Terry’s death, there was nothing remotely secret about the military action that took Casey Sheehan’s life. The Iraq War was endlessly litigated — quite publicly — in the Congress and the court of public opinion. It was a major issue in George Bush’s 2004 re-election campaign, in which Bush defeated John Kerry. And it was a major issue in 2008, when then-Senator Barack Obama made it a major issue against John McCain — and won.

Fast and Furious, on the contrary, was conceived in secret, executed in secret, and is now at the center of a Congressional effort to reveal just who knew what and when.

But there is a second difference between Cindy Sheehan and the Terrys.

When Cindy Sheehan spoke out about the death of her son Casey she was inundated — and I do mean inundated — with coverage from the mainstream media....

Read at:

http://spectator.org/blog/2012/06/22/the-media-the-terrys-and-cindy/print


13 posted on 07/09/2012 6:24:32 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: SoFloFreeper

GLOBAL WARMING HEAT WAVE !!

NEW KARDASHIAN BABY !!

26,000 (maybe) AFFECTED BY INTERNET BLACKOUT !!


14 posted on 07/09/2012 6:30:35 AM PDT by nascarnation
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To: layman

Three British soldiers killed by Afghan policeman after argument

Three British soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan by a local policeman following an argument, the Ministry of Defence has said.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/9369478/Three-British-soldiers-killed-by-Afghan-policeman-after-argument.html


16 posted on 07/09/2012 6:48:44 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: FES0844
I haven't seen Cindy Sheehan since the day she protested Rham Emanuel, and he gave her that “cold, dead fish” look.
17 posted on 07/09/2012 6:49:11 AM PDT by Humal
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To: SoFloFreeper

I don’t get my news from networks or old media, so I don’t care about what they cover.

I get my news from FR.


18 posted on 07/09/2012 6:49:47 AM PDT by AlmaKing
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To: SoFloFreeper

War?......there’s war going on?.....Not if you watch the ABCNNBCBS news exclusively..........................


19 posted on 07/09/2012 7:03:58 AM PDT by Red Badger (Think logically. Act normally.................)
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To: AlmaKing

Say a prayer for my son-in-law. He was and still is there. He let us know Friday they were going out and the intel didn’t look good. He said this morning that the guy next to him had his legs blown off. They’re pretty much moving targets over there with no back up.


20 posted on 07/09/2012 7:07:02 AM PDT by Ab Alius Domitor ("In the end; the winner")
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