Main Stream Media Continues With Pentagon Lie

[Rusty5329]

Back in May, the Pentagon told the press that 1 in 7 Guantanamo detainees "returned to terrorism or militant activity." The New York Times ran with this lead, without even requesting a definition of "returned to terrorism or militant activity." Weeks later, the New York Times had to run a correction, essentially blaming the whole confusion on not receiving documents from the Pentagon. This was, of course, a ridiculous excuse. The Pentagon responded to my request for documentation in a matter of hours, with a pdf that described, entirely, how they define whether or not someone is suspected of returning to the battle field:

continued at http://sumofchange.blogspot.com/2009/07/main-stream-media-continues-with.html

[lib_wit_it]

1. K&R

[TexasObserver]

2. Recommend

[KansDem]

3. Kick & Recommended

CBS used to be reputable and was the news of choice in my household during the 1960s. I ate many dinners while listening to Walter Cronkite...

[azul]

4. Could the president make an order to detain and re-educate

news spokespersons and executives that lie to the public -as an abuse of the public air waves?

And should not there be consequences for military personnel fabricating stories and lying also, like court marshal and imprisonment?

This military-media deception machine needs to be opened up in the light of day and probably disassembled.

[Thothmes]

5. maybe they are carrying out the order of their CinC.

[Rusty5329]

6. you would think...

that blatantly misleading the public would be punishable in some way.