See, NPR had a contradiction. People at the hospital said that "the Army" told them to not provide the counseling. The Army, in the person of Gen. Showmaker, said they had given no such advice. That leaves three possibilities: The hospital people were lying - blaming the army for an internal policy, Gen. Shoemaker was lying, or someone in-between had told the hospital to not provide counseling, on his own authority or misinterpreting direction from above.
A responsible news organization would have investigated further, and found that the third case was true, before reporting what NPR initially reported. But we don't have responsible news organizations in this country.
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Re: See I disagree on the interpreation of the update
Date: 2008-02-15 06:34 pm (UTC)A responsible news organization would have investigated further, and found that the third case was true, before reporting what NPR initially reported. But we don't have responsible news organizations in this country.