Murdoch's NY Post hates 'The Tillman Story' 'cause Pat Tillman's mom is a 'George W Bush hater'

[marmar]

.....(snip).....

The investigation turned up horrible news. So the Army ordered another inquest. It dragged its collective feet, agonized and finally released the cause of death. This isn't a Woodward and Bernstein story; as with Abu Ghraib, Army investigators themselves dug up the truth, though they did no honor to themselves in the speed with which they did so.

The pols and Pentagon didn't lionize Tillman as a hero for propaganda purposes (the news media did that) -- and in any event, Tillman's boldness in running up a hill to counter a Taliban ambush (which had happened moments earlier and may have continued as he fell) did make him a hero. At one point in the film, Tillman's family seems outraged that he was posthumously awarded a Silver Star. The officer in charge had already ruled that fratricide did not disqualify Tillman.

The film dances around this point, but Tillman's mother, who is still unsatisfied after being given 3,000 pages of documents from the Army investigation, is a George W. Bush hater. Like many before her (such as Cindy Sheehan, who said her soldier son "was murdered . . . to benefit Israel"), she found sorrow curdling into something more dynamic and satisfying: political rage. A military organizational chart that is topped by a photo of the then-commander in chief (cue scary music) is as close as the movie gets to painting a picture of an evil cabal headed by Bush. But fratricide, when you clear away the fog of war, is simply a gruesome accident. .........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/movies/hero_till_lost_in_fog_of_war_PnD8jT4IiJdCa0GqJTlr4L#ixzz0xFKQJdNk

[Dennis Donovan]

1. Dorothy Schiff spins in her grave...

...due to what her paper's become.:(

[Rosa Luxemburg]

2. The Fox News in paper form

[Lost4words]

3. low quality fish wrapper, and they wonder why papers are dying!

:kick: I am a PROUD Bush hater also! former DU id = 8643, 86 = to get rid of, 43rd president 8643 thats me

:hi:

[kevinbgoode]

4. Obviously, the Post believes there are reasons why the American

people should be lied to, because the very government (or military) which their conservative masters constantly crow "can't be trusted" must also be allowed the privilege of lying to family members and the country as a whole in order to propagate what they determine is in the "public interest."

Yes, the media made Tillman a hero, and helped fabricate the initial story of his death. But they didn't use any information that wasn't substantiated or supported by the Pentagon at the time. One might ask, for example, how it takes five weeks for the U.S. military to "agonize" over reporting the truth over Tillman's death, but only a few hours to report when a U.S. jet accidentally fires upon Canadian troops in Afghanistan?

Fratricide happens in war. I think most people understand that it is another horrific byproduct of unregulated violence. But the willingness of the government - and our military - to engage in calculated maneuvers to delay information or falsify the facts has been an inherent part of their "control" in every war. Conservatives, generally support such efforts. But then the Post is symbolic of an ideological agenda at work on a daily basis for all the "news."

[bullwinkle428]

5. Murdoch really is sub-human scum.

[unblock]

6. if hating the president were grounds for dismissing people, right-wing media would have no one left

but their token liberal foils.

imagine if fox news got rid of all the obama-haters!

:rofl:

ah, what a concept. soon as i have enough to buy them out. must ask boss for big raise.

[Enthusiast]

7. If you don't hate Dubya Bush

you are simply uninformed.