<p>I think given the fact that these issues crop up every year to some extent even in the service academies it is naieve to think that the same things don’t happen in the military, regardless of the media that reports them. Given that we actually have someone posting here that is a woman, is a graduate of West Point, and is serving in today’s Army and she says this stuff is going on, thats good enough for me—
The problem with the media is that while you have the NYT who some say has a problem with biased reporting, you also have other media outlets who won’t touch a story like that—I wonder which one serves the greater good? Who can say? What I do know is that I want the media to report what’s happening, not “two sides” of what’s happening. The truth isn’t “fair and balanced”–it just is what it is. Our media has become polarized just like our society—not good.</p>