Remember a few weeks ago when you President was talking about the media filter? Well it appears the filter is working just fine, for his agenda. I linked this article a few weeks ago, Curtains Ordered for Media Coverage of Returning Coffins. Here is a more recent one, Pentagon keeps dead out of sight, on the same subject. This is a story that seems to be getting picked up on more and more in recent days. Today I see this story, Bush Speeches Omit Soldiers Killed in Helicopter. Isn't it interesting that they are trying to duck the dead any way they can. No pictures of coffins. Do not speak directly about specific dead people just "our fallen soldiers". As long as the dead do not have a face put to them it's doesn't cause a problem. Also, I believe those filtering your President's media intake do not want him seeing the dead. I wonder if he even knows that helicopter went down? He must, right?

"I glance at the headlines, just to get kind of a flavor," he told Brit Hume of Fox News last month. But, "I rarely read the stories" because "a lot of times there's opinions mixed in with news." Instead, "I get briefed by [White House Chief of Staff] Andy Card and Condi [Rice, the national security adviser] in the morning."

He must have seen it when he glanced at the headlines just to get his flavor for the day.

- posted by Mom/Dad @ 9:38 AM