Blame the military AND the media

Michael Yon correctly lays blame for the latest Afghanistan photo scandal on the soldier(s) who took the snapshots and made sure the Los Angeles Times got hold of them. Hard to fault that logic.

But Yon absolves the media in the fiasco, which is ridiculous. The LATimes didn’t have to use the photos. They knew the furor they would cause, especially in Afghanistan and the additional problems they would present for US policy there. But our modern media sheep (usually led by the NYTimes) have no sense of responsibility. And they never miss a chance to make our military look bad.

0 responses to “Blame the military AND the media

  1. “They knew the furor they would cause.”

    Of course, the knew and their act doesn’t have anything to do with responsibility. In fact, in their minds they were acting as responsible people out to reveal something to the world.

    That their minds are twisted a bit is another issue.

  2. Dick Stanley's avatar Dick Stanley

    In my experience, their biggest problem is that they are poorly educated (the majority today have journalism degrees, which are essentially about craftsmanship and little else) and they live and work isolated from much of the rest of society.