Look in his Eye - See the Lie

Its time someone grabbed Rocky Mountain News columnist, Bill Johnson by one of his partisan ears and introduced a few knuckles of reality to his agenda-filled head. After threatening to drag a local talk radio listener off (Rocky Talk, 2/28/07), to the home of a recent military casualty, for a “true discussion of the war” - Johnson does nothing of the kind. Instead, Johnson presents a biography of that fallen soldier and the sadness of his mother. No ‘discussion ‘ about the honorable motivations of this man, just another attempt to shove a microphone in the face of someone who’s still grieving a recent loss, in order to maximize the emotional impact of the war, rather than presenting an intelligent discussion of the facts about Iraq.
Furthermore, Johnson tries to minimize the soldier’s volunteer service, by focusing on his underprivileged background, in an attempt to create the impression that both he and his mom are victims - rather than patriots.
Everyday dozens of dedicated public servants; policemen, fire fighters, bus drivers, etc. are killed in the line of duty. Why do reporters, like Johnson, rush all the way up to Fort Carson to feature this soldier’s death, while ignoring the sacrifice of so many others? Why does the Rocky zero – in on every casualty halfway around the world (in Iraq), when there are 50x more dead on America’s highways every day, 7x more pedestrian deaths every month and an near equal number of Law Enforcement Officers/Fire Fighters killed in the line of duty every year? Did Johnson or any other Rocky reporter bemoan military deaths during the Clinton Administration, which regularly exceeded annual U.S. losses in Iraq? Does Johnson seek to honor this fallen hero or use his sacrifice to further erode the resolve (of his readers), to prevail in Iraq and buttress the advance of Islamo-Fascism and if so – why?
Perhaps the talk show caller, who almost hacked Johnson right off the road, already answered that question…its all politics.