This is an exerpt:

Time originally reported the incident in March, under the headline “Collateral Damage or Civilian Massacre in Haditha?”

Earlier this month, Congressman and retired Marine John Murtha announced at a press conference that U.S. Marines had killed innocent civilians “in cold blood,” referring to the incident in Haditha. The press conference was a political event held to mark the 6-month anniversary of Murtha’s high-profile political failure of 2005– his call for cutting and running in Iraq.

Because Murtha decided to convict his brother Marines before their trial, the press got the soundbite it needed to do the same. The headlines largely dispensed with the question posed in the original Time piece. Today, the phrase “in cold blood” brings up 1,450 Google News hits. It’s been the headline of the month.

A follow up part of the article has these pieces of info:

The Post has been unable to get anyone from the Pentagon on the record on the investigation, using mostly anonymous sources. The one man they did get on the record on Friday was retired Brig. Gen. David H. Brahms, a long-time lawyer with the Marine Corps who has experience with these types of cases. His quote is in the third paragraph. See if you can guess why the prominent first-quote placement:

“When these investigations come out, there’s going to be a firestorm,” said retired Brig. Gen. David M. Brahms, formerly a top lawyer for the Marine Corps. ” It will be worse than Abu Ghraib – nobody was killed at Abu Ghraib.”
I have a feeling someone was lying in wait for an Abu Ghraib reference. I read the quote and was taken aback because I spoke to the same Brig. Gen. David M. Brahms about the case this week, and his sentiments were very different from those presented in the Post. Which explains why he sent me this statement yesterday:
“Recent reporting on the events in Haditha, Iraq have included significant factual errors and/or misleading statements. This includes a quote attributed to me in the Washington Post this morning that was taken completely out of context and its meaning distorted. Many facts that are favorable to the Marines involved have not yet been disclosed.”

No…. The PRESS LYING or taking things out of context or misinforming? Say it isn’t so! I keep calling it negligence and lack of due diligence. I believe on many cases you can call it an AGENDA (Mary Mapes). An Agenda that is causing such a huge riff in this country.

And Justice Ginsberg and Stevens justifying the racist policies in their dissent on a 2000 case on the same issue.

Harry Reid on the Ropes? He accepted gifts from boxing promoters

Google disses Memorial Day

Bush signs law that bans funeral protests

Happy Tuesday All.

Karl

I been sayin’ … time to vote all of them out! No exceptions! Out they must go!

- Well now maybe we know what happened to his brain…

- Bang

Will Speaker Hastart don his cape and tights and swoop faster than the speed of light to the rescue of the beleaguered Senate Minority Leader? Or will the Far Left’s War of Ethical Purity claim another Democrat through friendly fire? Stay tuned!