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To: bentway who wrote (834823)	2/7/2015 12:00:25 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576588

>> Fox "News" ENTERTAINMENT:? Every TV (broadcast or cable) news operation that has ever existed has done so solely by virtue of running a certain amount of entertainment programming -- whether it is Larry King, Chris Matthews, or Glenn Beck on cable, it is a necessary evil if you're going to provide news programming that you provide a substantial, usually overwhelming quantity of entertainment programming. CNN has now moved away from news entirely in much of its programming as has MSNBC on the weekends. It is a fact of life and the price we pay for television news. Just as the price we pay for Internet news is extremist liberal bias littered with tons of advertising which yields a great number of highly ignorant people.

To: bentway who wrote (834823)	2/7/2015 10:29:21 AM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 1576588

War Hero Wannabe Brian Williams Busted ......................................................................................... February 7, 2015 By Jim Emerson, coachisright.com Exaggerated war stories around military installations and veteran’s hangouts are nothing new and probably as old as wars themselves. Many brave men want to be hero’s by fighting in great battles. Shakespeare’s Henry V gave a rousing St Crispin’s Day address to his troops, just as the real Henry had done some 200 years earlier. Each leader, the real and the imagined, had to encourage his “Band of Brothers” to fight the French in spite of the existence of overwhelming, 4-1 odds. Shakespeare’s Henry rallied his army with the stirring: “We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition; And gentlemen in England now-a-bed Shall think themselves accurs’d they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day.” War stories are sometimes embellished by vets and even non-vets in the hope of showing off their bravery. And rather than being heroes, some showed up after the battle was fought. More often than not the real heroes don’t speak of their exploits. When those who were never part of that “Band of Brothers” tell war stories they may get called out by the people who were really there. Such is the story of news reader Brian Williams. (1) While On the David Letterman Show, NBC Anchorman Brian Williams shared a war story with the host: “We were in some helicopters. What we didn’t know was, we were north of the invasion. We were the northernmost Americans in Iraq. We were going to drop some bridge portions across the Euphrates so the Third Infantry could cross on them. Two of the four helicopters were hit, by ground fire, including the one I was in, RPG and AK-47”. (3) As time went by he further embellished the story by claiming the Chinook he was on was forced down by rocket-propelled grenades. It was 12 years before the truth was finally told by soldiers who were actually there. They were talking to reporters from the Stars & Stripes who broke the story. This week NBC’s Brian Williams apologized for having “misremembered the events” of over 12 years ago when he claimed his aircraft was following behind a Chinook hit by two rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire. The Helicopter that the NBC news crew was on was actually headed for Kuwait when it passed three Chinooks flying towards Baghdad. Those were the aircraft that took ground fire and were diverted to a forward operating base (FOB) south of Baghdad. While en route to Kuwait the helicopters ferrying Williams and crew had to divert to the FOB to avoid an approaching sandstorm. They landed at the same FOB where the battle damaged Chinook landed for repairs. Never one to miss out on a story, the NBC crew took video of the Chinooks and the armored vehicles from the nearby FOB. Such was the false foundation of a war story fable. At no time were the brave reporter and his crew in danger. (2) Sources: 1. http://www.stripes.com/news/us/nbc-s-brian-williams-recants-iraq-story-after-soldiers-protest-1.327792 2. http://www.stripes.com/news/us/brian-williams-apology-draws-mixed-reviews-from-mission-vets-1.327935 3. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/02/05/brian-williams-lied-about-his-copter-being-shot-down-in-iraq/?intcmp=latestnews

To: bentway who wrote (834823)	2/7/2015 11:02:39 AM
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Bishop Jackson To Obama: ‘Frankly Sir, You Ought To Close Your Mouth ’.................................................................................................................................................. Mr. President, we’re not on our ‘high horse.’ What we are is on high alert. And the American people would like for once, to know that you are willing to defend Christianity and defend America instead of defending Islam. Western journalism ^ \| Feb.6, 2015 "Mr. President, if you don’t want to give terrorists a recruitment’s tool, instead of closing Guantanamo Bay, frankly sir, you ought to close your mouth. Because you just gave them a gigantic propaganda tool. They called us ‘crusaders’ and you just confirmed it."