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Article: Accountability of the press; Will its freedom be our downfall?(OPED)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- November 12, 2004
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Byline: Martin L. Fackler, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Are there no limits to the comfort and support being given to our enemies by our so-called news media? On the front page of the Oct. 20 issue of USA Today, we find the headline "Put to test, 300 Iraqi troops fled." But in the fine print we find that 2,000 other Iraqi troops stuck with U.S. forces in taking the militant stronghold in Samarra. The one of eight who purportedly fled got the headline: The seven of eight who remained and fought were mentioned as an afterthought. American successes in Iraq are ignored or minimized - only shortcomings are highlighted.
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