Is There A Gag Order At The Washington Post?
Liberal Media blog
A number of bloggers have been complaining about the blind eye and deaf ear the mainstream press has turned toward the substance of the charges leveled at Sen. Kerry by the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. (Scroll down Instapundit and follow his links.)
Today, however, that studied and strained silence became almost deafening with a long front page article in the Washington Post by Dan Balz. Labeled "Analysis" and titled "Kerry Put On Defensive About Iraq," the article went on (and on and on), washingtonpost.com for 18 paragraphs about "the orchestrated attacks" against Kerry by Bush and Cheney. These attacks, Balz writes, "the president's weakness on the issues that once were his great strengths is on clear display."
What is mind boggling here, howver, is that in an article that purports to analyze Kerry being put on the defensive about his national security credentials, the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and their charges about Kerry's military are record are not even mentioned. The article does mention the imported brass and the Kerry crew members who support him, and the central role they played at the Democratic convention, but not word one about the much larger number of Swifties, including virtually all of his commanding officers, who question his fitness.
Kerry designed his convention in Boston around a single goal, to establish the Democratic nominee as capable of being commander in chief. He assembled his former Swift boat crewmates and retired military brass to offer testimonials to his courage, experience and judgment
Apparently, the charge that this courage and judgment appeared only in Kerry's false reports and statements is not even worthy of mention. |
