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Originally Posted by Don
I mean…we all know the end result is death…but what makes the killing an assassination?
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In this particular case, the possible killing of an enemy combatant became an act of "murder" or "assassination" thanks to the work of newspaper editors trying to boost sales and a blogger cherry picking facts to boost his "street cred" in Twitville <<
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(But that's okay--what Mr. Greenwald really wants to do is direct.
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IMO, the fourth estate is turning an increasingly critical eye on the current president because (a) the media have an increasingly testy relationship with the White House and (b) the media are trying to ride the crest of the president's declining popularity (much the same way it sought to ride the crest of the man's rising popularity when he was pitching "hope" and "change" as a candidate).
At the risk of sounding uncharacteristically bitter, I believe that the penultimate thing on their minds is providing American citizens with facts that can be used to debate a controversial topic.
It says something that the asshats at TMZ.com demonstrate a higher level of inquiry and provide better examples of careful discussion of the day's events than established news outlets.