Abysmal media coverage of our troops

Here's an example of the often abysmal and agenda-driven media coverage of our troops that prompted my letter to the Mercury News.

I have sympathy for Nadia McCaffrey and respect for her son Patrick who was killed in action while serving in Iraq. A article entitled, "Grieving mom creating refuge for Iraq war vets" by Dana Hull of the San Jose Mercury News states that Patrick was shot by insurgents who had infiltrated the Iraqi unit he was training. But it makes no mention of what happened to the attackers or anything about the Iraqi unit. Who are they? What was the American response to this attack?

The article also lets McCaffrey's leftist views of the war to go unchallenged. The impression one gets is that she's just an ordinary American mom who lost her son in war. But she's not. The article makes no mention of the fact that she's an anti-war activist with links to America-haters such as Cindy Sheehan. It does mention she's "active" with Military Families Speak Out but Hull doesn't point out that this is a far-Left group that does not represent the views of most military families.

Organic gardens are not going to defeat radical Islam but the message of this "news article" is that all we have to do is leave Iraq and all will be well.

Patrick McCaffrey's death is given no context or meaning. He deserves better. Note also how the article gets in liberal/Democrat talking points about Haliburton. This is a good example of an editorial piece being disguised as news reporting.