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"Harry Hope" |
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09 Dec 2004 08:28:32 PM |
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Newspaper reports on ill soldiers denied care. Banned from fort. |
From The Denver Post, 12/9/04:
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~53~2585336,00.html
Fort Carson halts access for The Post
The base is refusing to give the paper information because of a Sunday
front-page article on military medical holds.
By Eileen Kelley
Special to The Denver Post
Fort Carson -
The Army is denying The Denver Post access to Fort Carson and to
information on military activities in the wake of a Sunday article in
The Post on military medical holds.
"We have temporarily suspended relations with The Denver Post as a
direct result of Fort Carson not being given fair and balanced
treatment in a story that appeared on Dec. 5, 2004," Lt. Col. David
Johnson, the chief public affairs officer at the base, said Wednesday
evening.
The front-page article examined claims from mentally and physically
ill National Guard and Army Reserve members who say they are being
denied access to quality care and are being shoved out of the military
without disability pay.
Congress has been scrutinizing medical holds at bases across the
country.
"All of those involved with the med-hold piece which ran yesterday are
extremely disappointed with the outcome," Kim Tisor, a Fort Carson
public affairs officer, wrote in a letter to reporters Monday.
"Perhaps we would have been better off not commenting - it certainly
would have saved us a lot of time."
Denver Post Editor Greg Moore said the base's public affairs staff was
misguided in their actions.
"They are singling us out simply because they didn't like our story,"
he said.
"Other newspapers and media organizations have reported on the issue.
Our story was thorough, and balanced the concerns of soldiers with
substantial response from the military, including from some officers
who acknowledged problems with the program.
"It's our job to investigate issues like these and explain them to our
readers, many of whom have family members serving in the military,"
Moore added.
"We hope Fort Carson officials reconsider their ban of The Denver
Post. If they don't, we will appeal to senior military officers at
Fort Carson and in Washington, and through any other legal or
congressional channels that are available to us."
Any commander has the authority to control access to his installation
or unit, but a specific news organization can be banned from a base
only in accordance with an Army regulation that provides for due
process, according to a senior Army official who asked not to be named
for fear of retribution.
Johnson said the paper has been dropped from an e-mail list that
distributes invitations to cover events and official statements.
A Post reporter was told Tuesday she could not attend a formal
deployment ceremony Wednesday even though other media members were
invited.
Johnson said the lack of access is not an official ban, but he later
said that all Denver Post reporters and editors were - for the time
being - no longer welcome at Fort Carson.
Also last week, The Denver Post obtained an injunction to stop an
investigative hearing that had been closed to the public for three
Fort Carson soldiers charged with murdering an Iraqi general.
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Harry
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| Title: Re: Newspaper reports on ill soldiers denied care. Banned from fort. |
09 Dec 2004 11:49:02 PM |
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Harry Hope wrote:
From The Denver Post, 12/9/04:
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~53~2585336,00.html
Fort Carson halts access for The Post
The base is refusing to give the paper information because of a
Sunday
front-page article on military medical holds.
By Eileen Kelley
Special to The Denver Post
Fort Carson -
The Army is denying The Denver Post access to Fort Carson and to
information on military activities in the wake of a Sunday article in
The Post on military medical holds.
"We have temporarily suspended relations with The Denver Post as a
direct result of Fort Carson not being given fair and balanced
treatment in a story that appeared on Dec. 5, 2004," Lt. Col. David
Johnson, the chief public affairs officer at the base, said Wednesday
evening.
The front-page article examined claims from mentally and physically
ill National Guard and Army Reserve members who say they are being
denied access to quality care and are being shoved out of the
military
without disability pay.
In view of the fact that the military typically lies to the public,
this is not surprising.
It's known as Hide the truth and Cover your *****.
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| User: "Sir Cumference" |
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| Title: Re: Newspaper reports on ill soldiers denied care. Banned from fort. |
10 Dec 2004 12:25:24 AM |
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Harry Hope wrote:
From The Denver Post, 12/9/04:
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~53~2585336,00.html
Fort Carson halts access for The Post
The base is refusing to give the paper information because of a Sunday
front-page article on military medical holds.
By Eileen Kelley
Special to The Denver Post
Fort Carson -
The Army is denying The Denver Post access to Fort Carson and to
information on military activities in the wake of a Sunday article in
The Post on military medical holds.
"We have temporarily suspended relations with The Denver Post as a
direct result of Fort Carson not being given fair and balanced
treatment in a story that appeared on Dec. 5, 2004," Lt. Col. David
Johnson, the chief public affairs officer at the base, said Wednesday
evening.
I don't blame the Army, as I would not count on the the Denver Post rag
to give a fair and balanced treatment to any story. They make up
whatever they think will sell papers.
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