Col. Oliver North, In Iraq, Tackles Press For Ignoring “Good News”

FNC’s Oliver North files a commentary from Fallujah: He describes watching a cable news network — presumably CNN — and says the broadcast “was a broadside of anti-American propaganda, worthy of a radical Islamic website.”

“Perhaps it’s just fatigue after three weeks in the field. It’s possible that after six trips to Iraq and two to Afghanistan, I’m ‘too close to the story’ to be ‘objective.’ Conceivably, by living with those fighting the war, I can’t ‘see the forest for the trees.’ Maybe those who report from New York, Washington or Atlanta really do have ‘the big picture’ in clearer focus than those of us who document what’s happening at the ‘tip of the spear.’ But I doubt it. Despite print and broadcast stories to the contrary, the hundreds of young Americans we’ve interviewed and covered on this trip haven’t lost their elan. Notwithstanding the negative news, they continue to believe that they are winning this war…

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