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What does NBC News and Nintendo have in common?

Posted in Afghanistan, War of Misinformation on June 30th, 2009 2 Comments »

Why would Afghan elders “tip off the Taliban” that U.S. soldiers were in their village?
On Monday night, NBC Nightly News had the perfect opportunity to answer this question that is at the root of our military failures in Afghanistan. They had the chance to produce a piece of journalism that could have helped shape U.S. [...]

The Heavily-Armed Elephant in the Room

Posted in War of Misinformation on April 7th, 2009 8 Comments »

After the shooting rampage in Binghamton that left 13 people dead, the city’s police chief – the man charged with protecting the citizenry – said in a moment of stupidity:
“If some crazy lunatic decides to pick up a gun and go someplace and start shooting people, I really don’t have the answer how…[to] prevent anything [...]