Comments on: SECDEF Tells Academy Grads to Respect Congress, Press

By: Andy

Andy — Sun, 27 May 2007 20:01:26 +0000

What a contrast Gates is with Cheney, who despises Constitutional rights and the Geneva Conventions.

By: LaurenceB

LaurenceB — Sun, 27 May 2007 03:30:54 +0000

My opinion of Gates just went up a notch.

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 27 May 2007 00:33:32 +0000

Would it be too much to ask for him to tell the President? This seems like information he should know.

By: Triumph

Triumph — Sat, 26 May 2007 22:06:25 +0000

If the right of a free press can be abused, the Bee and McClatchy has abused it.

How in the world has McClatchy "abused" the right of a free press? What is their "political agenda"?

By: Zelsdorf Ragshaft III

Zelsdorf Ragshaft III — Sat, 26 May 2007 16:52:05 +0000

Triumph, McClatchy isn't critical. They edit the news to reflect their political agenda. It is no longer news it is propaganda. I live in the home of McClatchy Newpapers. The Bee is like reading Isvestia or Pravda during the 60's. If the right of a free press can be abused, the Bee and McClatchy has abused it.

By: Triumph

Triumph — Sat, 26 May 2007 14:22:17 +0000

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates encouraged the U.S. Naval Academy’s Class of 2007 yesterday “to remember the importance of two pillars of our freedom under the Constitution: the Congress and the press.”

What a load of crap coming from Gates. This is the same guy who has continued the boycott of McClatchy reporters for their critical reporting of the war.

It is interesting that his "defense" of the press comes the day after Editor and Publisher published a story on the McClatchy boycott.