Opening Up a Can of Whoopass on the Grey Lady
I’m not sure what else you can call this, except for maybe Countercolumn chopping off her head and handing it to her on a silver platter.
You raised the specific instance of SFC Paul Ray Smith, who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for an action in which he lost his life—and of course, blame the President for your failure to get the story.But the record shows that in February 2004, just about everyone on the planet had the story. Except the New York Times. Hell, even the Australian media picked it up.
Now, granted, your staff is operating at a significant handicap: Apparently, you have entire editorial units, entire copy desks, and fact checkers who don’t even know what a Congressional Medal of Honor is.
Owooch…
