Re: Rolling Stones reporter shocked that his story caused Gen McChrystal to lose his jobs

Examples of offenses. Instances of violation of this article include
knowingly making a false official statement; dishonorable failure to
pay a debt; cheating on an exam; opening and reading a letter of
another without authority; using insulting or defamatory language to
another officer in that officer's presence or about that officer to
other military persons; being drunk and disorderly in a public place;
public association with known prostitutes; committing or attempting to
commit a crime involving moral turpitude; and failing without good
cause to support the officer's family.

On Jun 25, 1:30 am, dick thompson <rhomp2...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> That does not answer the question of the reporter writing his story
> based on what the staff said and then stating that the general agreed
> and doing so without actually knowing what the general thought on the
> subject.  To me it was a clear case of misreporting and dereliction of
> the reporter's duty to check and then double-check his story.   That is
> apparently a common trait of our modern journalists.
>
>
>
> euwe wrote:
> > I guess the guy never heard of chain of command, and the phrase
> > "officer and a gentleman."
>
> > On Jun 24, 12:15 pm, dick thompson <rhomp2...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> >>http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/06/24/2010-06-24_mcchry...
>
> >> Just what did the reporter think would happen when a touchy egomaniac
> >> like Bambi read what the reporter wrote.   Guess he didn't think at all.

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