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the G-man said:
I suspect so.

It's like police misconduct. Cops get disciplined, arrested, investigated, etc., for misconduct all the time, even in cases where the press doesn't know about it. Sure there are cases of the "thin blue line" or whatever, but there are a lot of other cases where the police really do police their own.

After all, its not like the JAG corps and courts martial don't have a function the other 364 days per year.



Okey-dokey.

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Furthermore, as touched upon above, the subsequent coverage of this case is telling.



I can't comment on the coverage, because I've heard snippets about it on the radio, and I've read the artciles on this thread. Beyond that, I don't have firsthand accounts on how this has been reported or spun. Keep reading to find out why.

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Why didn't they bother to find out this information before they aired the video, in order to broadcast a more complete story in the first place?

Obviously, if there's a big story here, it would still be a big story after a more thorough investigation by the media. Part of that investigation could be the military's response to what happened.

However, rather than wait to find out more facts, the media rushed to a form of judgement.



I think it's more about giving viewers a partial story that leaves them wanting more, and then slowly giving them more as they find out. That's how they get people to keep paying attention to them. They go "Look what we just found out! Keep listening to us, or you won't get all the facts we're getting hot off the press!" (You studied journalism, so I'm sure you know all this.)

I've gotten so used to tuning them out because of these tactics, (which is, ironically, why I don't have any firsthand info of how they're reporting.) It's also why I turned my back on working in journalism (that and my internship with a TV news company wasn't a pleasant experience).

Above any other political agenda, real or imagined, journalists are sensationalists.

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