Can you imagine any journalists in modern times writing like Ernie Pyle? Or is it easier to imagine journalists following American troops in Afghanistan and Iraq eagerly reporting on what went wrong?

Ernie Pyle was one of America’s most famous and beloved war correspondents. Pyle set a new journalistic standard during World War II by moving among the soldiers on the front lines. Ernie Pyle was an “embed.” His reporting gave the American people a closeness to war that they had never experienced before. Pyle never glorified war, but he explained combat in terms of the sacrifices that American soldiers made on behalf of the people back home. Pyle wrote of the American warrior with a “heart-of-gold,” of the American soldier fi ghting the “good fight” against evil, and of the American soldier fighting for a “just and moral cause.” Ernie Pyle died on April 18, 1945, while reporting on the Battle of Okinawa in the Pacific.

Ernie Pyle’s style of reporting is alien to Americans living today, because Ernie Pyle made it clear which side he was on. In modern times, during the War on Terror, many Americans wonder where the loyalties of some journalists lie.

After the World Trade Center attack on September 11, 2001, journalists from the Reuters international news service refused to describe Osama bin Laden and his murderous disciples as “terrorists.” The journalists pointed to the official Reuters editorial policy, which stated: “As part of a long-standing policy to avoid the use of emotive words, we do not use terms like terrorist.”

In the United States, ABC News barred its journalists from wearing American flag lapel pins because it didn’t want to be seen taking sides in the War on Terror. An ABC News spokesman said: “We cannot signal how we feel about a cause, even a justified and just cause, through some sort of outward symbol.”

In February 2003, just before the American invasion and liberation of Iraq, CBS News aired an interview with Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, the despicable mass murderer, torturer of women and children, and supporter of international terrorism. Many Americans scratched their heads during the televised interview, wondering what could possibly be learned about Saddam that wasn’t already known, and why they should believe anything that Saddam had to say. At the end of the interview, CBS News anchorman Dan Rather told Saddam: “I would very much like to see you in the future, Mr. President.”

On April 13, 2004, during a nationally televised presidential press conference, viewers across the country were astonished to hear members of the American press corps ask repeatedly whether or not President George W. Bush thought he should apologize for the tragedy of 9 / 11. The questions included: “Do you feel a sense of personal responsibility for September 11, 2001?” and “Do you believe the American people deserve an apology from you, and would you be prepared to give them one?” The president responded: “Here’s what I feel about that. The person responsible for the attacks was Osama bin Laden. That’s who’s responsible for killing Americans.”

I used to worry because newspaper readership is declining, lately I am thankful.

Michael Class
http://www.magicpictureframe.blogspot.com

What more is there to say? Evil is as Evil does.

For the life of me I can’t seem to comprehend the thought process of these people. Where does one begin? Perhaps we can get through to them if we break it down to the simplest of terms. The USA Today editor seems to believe that the Muslim world is o…

We have to have faith in the truth to stand, but we need more people like Michelle speaking it, and we have to get the word out in a way that people with listen and react.

It is one thing to feel good among ourselves while we ridicule the irrationality of the liberal thinking, but while we are laughing, the foundations upon which our country were founded are being destroyed in our government, in our churches, in our schools. And then the values our forefathers died to protect will be lost forever in the minds of our children.

Hot Air and Lucianne, and others are starts in the right direction, but we have got to restore critical thinking and reasoning in our children.

Someone point me to some evidence where I can see our best institutions (or new institutions) going back to time tested principles of truth, where children are being trained to think, act, and LEAD according to the principles of our Creator. I’m looking for something to be encouraged by, and to belong to.

I’m encouraged by the kindred spirits on these threads, but I want to make a difference. Michelle is making a difference and I am encouraged by what I read (and now see and hear), but we need some mobilizing force.

How can we exert pressure to change institutions like Yale and Harvard? Show me some institutions that are producing consistently reasoned and effective leaders.

Update: Bush responds.
Bush said any domestic intelligence-gathering measures he’s approved are “lawful,” and he says “appropriate” members of Congress have been briefed.
The disclosure could complicate Bush’s bi…

Now that is good!
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First, the NSA scare-mongering. Now this. Maybe we should start sending nails to the editorial board…….