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Speaking Ill of the Dead--The Media Treatment of Nick Berg and Pat TillmanPosted by Doc Farmer Wednesday, May 19, 2004 My column last week was written before the news about the horrific slaughter of Nick Berg, an innocent American contractor. I had commented on the stupidity and cowardice of the mainstream (see also: lib/dem/soc/commie) media, their fear of us doing anything remotely discomforting in this, or any, war. However, Mr. Berg’s tragic demise brought into focus the true problem of the media. Their complicity with the enemies of America. I’ve seen the video. I made a point to watch it....

Where's the outrage? I have had enough with the Senate hearings and the politicians' and media's selective outrage and obsessive fixation on the "abuses'' at the Iraqi prison. Where is the outrage at the slaughter of Nick Berg? The left's political agenda is shamelessly being put ahead of the safety and mission of our troops and our national security. R.I. Democratic Sen. Jack Reed's badgering of Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz repeatedly asking whether "sensory deprivation which would be a bag over your head for 72 hours is humane" was absurd. We are at war! I only wished Wolfowitz would...