The mainstream media continues to smear the American military. It ignores the presumption of innocence and need to apologize for false accusations.
Here are five examples of the mainstream media coverage that conclusively proves how these major outlets have slipped into the journalistic garbage can, with dishonest, fraudulent, and biased reporting. The first four have been well documented in previous columns, and now I add a number 'five': ...
... No. 5: Today, I add a fifth example: the coverage of the so-called Haditha massacre in which U.S. Marines were accused of killing innocent Iraqi civilians in cold blood on Nov. 19, 2005. When the accusations were made, the presumption of innocence was disregarded. A whole series of major national media outlets treated the Marines as convicted murderers. The impetus for this lynching came from Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., who actually said of the Marines: 'Our troops overreacted because of the pressure on them, and they killed innocent civilians in cold blood.' He said that before there was even an investigation, and has not apologized for his false accusations since.
What happened when the Marines started getting acquitted or having the charges against them dismissed? ...
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