Here in Ohio you could not escape talk of the fourteen Marines killed, and that is all the information the media had. They broke this story so fast that the Marines could not even notify the families before hand. This led to absolute panic among the 3/25 families. I was able to find out pretty early that the casualties came from Lima Company (based in Columbus, OH), and so began contacting as many family members from Weapons Company and Headquarters Company (based in Akron, OH and Brookpark, near Cleveland, OH, respectively) as I could to mitigate the damage. But the damage had been done. My phone calls were answered by crying wives and mothers, sitting in front of the TV hoping for any information, horrified that I was calling with the worst of news.Absolute OUTRAGE! that these BASTIONS! of democracy did not have the decency to stop their petty grab ass game of we-were-first-to-break-the-news long enough to let the Marine Corps take care of the families FIRST! Read the rest at Xenophon's blog.
Mudville Gazette: "media irresponsibility at its worst."
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