(NYTimes) House Republicans Urge CBS Retraction on Guard Report. I don't think the Congress should get into the business of trying to arbitrate when they think the media has spread a false report.
The Congress - specifically, those 40 House Republicans -- should keep their noses out of media criticism. The history of politicians being critical of the news media is not one which reflects positively on the politicians. And those cranky folks who grump: "Yeah, but the media spreads lies about us, and we hate it," should keep in mind that it is the politicians, and not the media, who actually wield power, and they should damn well do so very gently. The media can straighten out its own mistakes -- in fact, we rely on it to do so, and it seems to be working through that pretty well right now. Without the 40 House Republicans' help.
Of course, if anyone actually has any verifiable facts -- like, for example, witnesses who saw Bush show up to his Alabama Guard duty -- that seems like something which would be constructive. But heaping vitriol upon vitriol is not a useful part of this debate.
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