Slow-Learning Journalists

I've been a bit out of touch, so I was surprised when I read this:

A public statement by Newspaper Guild President Linda Foley is reviving questions about the intentional targeting of journalists in Iraq by the U.S. armed forces.

At a May 13 meeting in St. Louis, Foley said: "Journalists, by the way, are not just being targeted verbally or politically. They are also being targeted for real in places like Iraq. What outrages me as a representative of journalists is that there's not more outrage about the number, and the brutality, and the cavalier nature of the U.S. military toward the killing of journalists in Iraq."

Linda, meet Eason Jordan. Did you happen to miss the story?

There has been no further evidence to support radical media allegations of US soldiers targeting journalists, but that doesn't stop the media from blaring out their anti-military prejudices. That such accusations come from the president of the journalist's union raises concerns exponentially.

There's a good write-up at Media Slander, a great blog which I was just turned onto by LGF.