*** PLEASE NOTE - today's blog rant/rave is about my frustrations as a military wife. If you came here for scrapbooking or for a feel good story - you might want to skip today's post! I'll be back on track tomorrow! I promise!
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The CBS Evening News may have only devoted 13 seconds on Tuesday June 25th to the deaths of seven soldiers in Afghanistan -- as Katie Couric anchored from the Staples Center the night before the Michael Jackson memorial -- and just 15 seconds Wednesday night to their caskets arriving back in the U.S., but the producers of "CBS's Sunday Morning" should be commended, no
applauded for giving Martha Gillis, the aunt of Army Lieutenant Brian Bradshaw killed in Afghanistan the same day Jackson died, an “opinion” segment on their show.
Mrs Gillis conveyed the frustration of military families over the media's misplaced priorities. But I have to tell you I personally don't think it it is just the media but Americans in general!
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8 comments:
Well said Lori.
I agree 100% with you. Thanks for using your "voice"!
Lori hun I want to thank you so much for speaking out and reminding the american public, even if just a small number, of the impact they have on these young lives, to give just a little time in there life to remember and thank these men and women for their for all that they do for us.
So many of these american children, and yes they are someones child, are overlooked. And how said it that.
I sit's here in tears over that thought.
I am so proud of my son and his now wife for their sacrific. And am saddened by the fact that nobody knows the hell they went through while in Iraq those many many months. But am still brought to tears everytime someone tell me to thank them.
Lori I apployed you my dear.
THANK YOU!!!!
TheCraftyTazz
Mother of Sgt. Brian Wilson
Man, I'm crying my eyes out! Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I agree with you and was extremely moved by the CBS tape. XOXO
I'm sitting here, in tears, wondering WHY Americans put more emphasis on rock stars (so to speak) than they do their own who are, as you said, fighting SO hard and dying to save this great country we live in. I watched the video in awe of this woman who got to speak out on national television! What a touching and heartfelt "story" of a brave young man who died way too young. Thanks, Lori, for posting this on your blog! Each and every one of us need to see this! It's a wake up call to Americans who value stars more than their own home town boys and girls who serve this country! Kudos to YOU, Lori, and God help us all!
Here, here. I wholeheartedly agree that the media and some Americans definitely have lost sight of which qualities should be admired and what people should be lauded as heroes. People fighting for freedom, curing disease, and risking themselves to save others are heroes, not someone that can throw a ball through a hoop or sing a song. It's sad that we can't even admire our leaders, as most politicians are morally bankrupt. My DH and I were just talking about this the other day. I'm glad to see that others see this too.
I Totally agree!!!!!
Lori,
Thank you for posting that. I watch the CBS Sunday morning show every Sunday and was in tears while I watched it. It is so heart breaking that our boys should die and then to have the media not even give it a thought to give some kind of coverage that our true heros deserved. I was appalled at all the media attention that was giving to Michael Jackson then and now.
Linda
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