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I sent this out today - one of the earlier DU posters got me going, about all the recent soldier deaths - and what's on the front page --freakin' Mary Cheney.
To the editor:
I feel I must comment on the lack of coverage of many newspapers, including yours, of our military sacrifices in Iraq. In the last four days (Oct 11-14), 20 of our soldiers have died. Little mention is given anywhere in the paper, much less on the front page where it belongs. America asks its best and bravest to lay down their lives for our freedoms, and yet we ignore their deaths. The news media should at least honor their memories every day.
We can blame the Bush administration for forbidding photographs of returning soldiers’ coffins. However, the news media are responsible for focusing on campaign trivia rather than the true cost of war.
Sincerely,
xxxxx
If anyone likes it and wants to use it, please feel free. My home paper is the Florida Today.
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