Boortz points out the obvious, this morning:
“Do you realize that at this point the story of the abuse of some Iraqi prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison has received more press coverage for a longer period of time than did the story of the capture of Saddam Hussein? And just why is that? Come on, haven’t you been listening? It’s because the media believes the story of Abu Ghraib hurts George Bush, while the story of the capture of Saddam Hussein helps George Bush.”
It really is that simple, you know.
He also posts a write-up by William A. Mayer, that’s worth a look. Mayer wonder what today’s press would have to say about D-Day:
Tragic French Offensive Stalled on Beaches (Normandy, France – June 6, 1944) – Pandemonium, shock and sheer terror predominate today’s events in Europe.
In an as yet unfolding apparent fiasco, Supreme Allied Commander, Gen. Dwight David Eisenhower’s troops got a rude awakening this morning at Omaha Beach here in Normandy.
Due to insufficient planning and lack of a workable entrance strategy, soldiers of the 1st and 29th Infantry as well as Army Rangers are now bogged down and sustaining heavy casualties inflicted on them by dug-in insurgent positions located 170 feet above them on cliffs overlooking the beaches which now resemble blood soaked killing fields at the time of this mid-morning filing.
Read the whole thing, and bookmark Boortz’s page.
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