NY  Times detected  inconsistency between criticizing Bush and
 
Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2007 15:53:03 -0400


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<p><b><em>NY	Times</em> detected  inconsistency between criticizing Bush and
supporting  troops </b></p>
<p><a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200709040006?src=item200709040006">http://mediamatters.org/items/200709040006</a></p>

<p>In a September 3 <a href="http://mediamatters.org/rd?src=item200709040006&http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/03/washington/03dem.html?ex=1346472000&amp;en=a413345232b737dd&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss" title="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/03/washington/03dem.html?ex=1346472000&amp;en=a413345232b737dd&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss">article</a> 
about Rep. Tim Mahoney&#39;s (D-FL) position on the Iraq war, <i>The New York Times</i> asserted that Mahoney "and 
other moderates are trying to find a balance between criticizing the Bush 
administration and supporting the troops," suggesting that critics of President 
Bush or the administration&#39;s war policy do not also support the 
troops.</p>

<p>The assertion recalls other 
instances identified (<a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200708230007?src=item200709040006" title="http://mediamatters.org/items/200708230007">here</a>, <a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200707090002?src=item200709040006" title="http://mediamatters.org/items/200707090002">here</a>, <a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200512010016?src=item200709040006" title="http://mediamatters.org/items/200512010016">here</a>, <a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200608130001?src=item200709040006" title="http://mediamatters.org/items/200608130001">here</a>, <a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200701250004?src=item200709040006" title="http://mediamatters.org/items/200701250004">here</a>, and <a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200701290005?src=item200709040006" title="http://mediamatters.org/items/200701290005">here</a>) by <i>Media Matters for America</i>, in which the 
media have characterized those who supported the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq or 
oppose U.S. troop withdrawal as pro-military or "supporting the troops," 
suggesting that those who opposed the invasion or now support U.S. withdrawal 
are somehow "anti-military" or not supportive of the 
troops.</p>

<p>From the September 3 <i>New 
York 
Times</i> article by David Herszenhorn: 
</p><blockquote>

<p>Allies of the Bush administration 
are paying for television advertisements that are running in Mr. Mahoney&#39;s 
district, including one featuring the teary mother of a marine killed in the war 
saying: "We are starting to see results. The price is being paid. Don&#39;t give 
up." But Mr. Mahoney says that he and his constituents have made up their minds 
and that it is time for Congress to force a change.</p>

<p>"There is consensus that it&#39;s time 
to do something different," said Mr. Mahoney, who won the seat vacated by 
Representative Mark Foley, who resigned last year after disclosures that he sent 
sexually explicit e-mail messages to House pages. "America 
has made a decision that it wants to move out."</p>

<p>Mr. Mahoney added: "Republicans are 
probably more vocal in my district than Democrats. Those ads are driven to 
Republicans -- that&#39;s 
who they are trying to appeal to because they have lost Republican support for 
this war."</p>

<p><b>As lawmakers 
return to Washington with Democrats set to hold a marathon series of hearings on 
the Iraq war, Mr. Mahoney and other moderates are trying to find a balance 
between criticizing the Bush administration and supporting the troops, between 
helping the Democratic leadership keep pressure on the White House over the war, 
and addressing constituents&#39; demands on issues closer to 
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