The Nation has a great article that attacks the false equivilence of the attacks on

[YvonneCa]

3. Great post, karynnj. I agree completely...

...especially about the media seemingly ignoring the facts when given them. Your words:

"The fact is that until 2004, the ONLY course someone would take when all the official records are 100% in their favor, the accusers were already proven liars and the Kerry team proved they were funded by the same people and shared a lawyer with Bush/Cheney - is to present those facts to the media - which he did.

It was a disregard of both journalistic ethics and honesty that they pretended that neither side had the complete truth. It still makes me angry that, to my knowledge, not a single reporter took the time to review all the fitness reports and report on them. They actually really show an incredible, mature, compassionate young man who anyone would feel was a good leader. (I do admit I only read them because someone mentioned the records on the Kerry blog - when people were arguing over the color of his eyes. The records provided the answer - hazel. I then looked to see the other records and was amazed by the level of praise and the almost amusement of at least one superior that his guys were as incredibly loyal to him as they were. Those records written at an incredibly difficult time refute a lot of the aloof elitist nonsense."

The media's laziness (and I'm being generous here) allowed Kerry's integrity to be smeared...because TPTB knew general public knowledge of his integrity would garner him the votes to make him President.