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Greetings from the Left Coast. One of my favorite Gary Larson The Far Side cartoons was the one that contrasted what you say with what your dog hears. What brought this to mind was the recent article that ran in just about every newspaper in the country about how retired Lt. General Ricardo Sanchez, leveled a "sweeping indictment" of the situation in Iraq. From the New York Times to the Everett Herald, it was the same thing. HERE is a link to the New York Times version of the story.

Here's what didn't get reported. General Sanchez was addressing the annual conference of Military Reporters and Editors, and as part of his comments he delivered a scathing indictment of media bias in the coverage of the Iraq war. He said, in part,

"As I understand it, your measure of worth is how many front-page stories you have written, and unfortunately some of you will compromise your integrity and display questionable ethics as you seek to keep America informed...For some, it seems that as long as you get a front page story there is little or no regard for the 'collateral damage' you will cause. Personal reputations have no value and you report with total impunity and are rarely held accountable for unethical conduct...The death knell of your ethics has been enabled by your parent organizations who have chosen to align themselves with political agendas. What is clear to me is that you are perpetuating the corrosive partisan politics that is destroying our country and killing our service members who are at war...For some of you, just like some of our politicians, the truth is of little to no value if it does not fit your own pre-conceived notions, biases and agendas."

Didn't read that in your local paper, did you? I encourage you to read more of what General Sanchez had to say. You can find it HERE.

"Blah blah blah Bush is bad blah blah blah blah Iraq is a disaster blah blah blah blah blah." It would be funny if it wasn't so dangerous.

Thanks for listening. I can only hope you actually heard everything.