Crossposted from my comment over at blogHOUSTON:

I’m furious with CBS news again. How this network is still in business after trying to throw a national election is something I can’t explain.

What’s got me glaring at CBS news this time is last week’s coverage of the “5th anniversery” of the Iraq war. It’s not a local subject per se, so I wasn’t in any hurry to blog it here; while the WOT is one of the motivations for starting this blog, I long ago quit opining on it, since there are people much more qualified and influential to handle that job.

But this time, I’ve got to kick in some commentary or blow up in anger. I figured someone else would cary the load, but I haven’t even seen any backlash on this, which makes me wonder… have we just come to accept left-wing ideology and attacks from the media, to the point that we don’t even blink an eye anymore? I’m really angry over their use of the children of deceased soldiers to attack the war, compounded by the commentator saying that children of military personnel shouldn’t play dress-up in their parent’s uniforms. Oh, the horror! The son or daughter of a doctor, a fireman, or a policeman, maybe… but a soldier?

“We’ve all seen children play dress-up in their parent’s clothing…but it should never be like this.” Cue picture of a father and daughter, both in military fatigues, standing in front of a mirror. (emphasis in original. I wish I could replicate the sound of horror and disgust in the newsman’s voice.)

How DARE they suggest that the children of military personnel shouldn’t be proud of their parents and seek to emulate them? The next time one of their precious reporters gets nabbed in Iraq by a bunch of crazies with guns, who’s going to come save their asses? The Boy Scouts?

Oh, wait, I forgot. Al-Queda-Not-in-Iraq-and-Never-Was-Unless-It’s-America’s-Fault doesn’t kidnap allies.

Then this morning, they had to start off an interview with the governor of Illinois (about his endorsement of Obama) with a completely unrelated attack on the war, and the 4,000th casualty.

No, I’m not questioning their patriotism — they don’t have any.

I wonder if anyone TIVO’d that clip and put it on YouTube? Probably been threatened and forced to take it down by now…