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I'd be more inclined to think that the BOSS, especially in military matters, will be well informed in advance of any media blurb specifically intended to sell their product, even if they had to manufacture much of it ... or even get fodder from a blog of rambling ranting parents. That's accountability? Sadly a free press always means a press with a point of view. And with rare exception, mostly in the guest editorializing, the mass media, of which the BS is mainstream, is well recognized as being anything but Academy friendly.
Yea, we all know about Walter Reed. I just don't buy the notion of how grateful we should be to the media for keeping us so informed. And I'm not at all inclined to go down the path that because the media is onto something that they're clearly not certain about but believe they are, only then would the 'Dant and Supe done something.
While we might agree that they've not handled this as they might the 2nd time around, we must remember this is their 1st time around. While both are professional sailors, neither has any real experience in higher education until now. And like all of their predecessors, it's on the job training.
So, yes, if I'm issuing any "passes," mine would go to those in charge vs. the media or others who'd like to be or at least think they could do it a whole lot better.
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