Could the Press Grow a Spine?

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"Paul J. Adam" wrote:

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Steve Hix writes
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(Fred the Red Shirt) wrote:
Whom did Kerry ever stab in the back?

How about pretty much every single person serving in the military during
the late '60s and early '70s.

That's got to be one sore knife arm he's got there. Even if it seems
most of his victims survived.

Did he personally stab _everyone_ in _every_ military? [snip]

I didn't think that a clearly non-literal statement needed to be
qualified to make sure nobody assumed that non-American servicepeople
were included.

Just in case it still isn't clear, he knifed them figuratively by
claiming that war crimes against civilians were the normal course of
business, and that officers knew about it and approved of it.