WINGNUT MALONE AND THE NY TIMES

I criticized an imbecile for his childish "critique" of the NYT earlier and now I get an opportuity to shove Reality in his face: The Times DID cover the award of the Medal of Honor:

A Protector as a Child, Honored as a Hero
By RAYMOND HERNANDEZ
Published: October 22, 2007
New York Times

In June 2005, Lt. Michael P. Murphy and three fellow members of the Navy Seals were on a mission in the mountains of Afghanistan when they were pinned down by a swarm of enemy fighters. Trapped in a steep ravine, they were unable to get a radio signal to call for help.

With the Americans suffering injuries, ammunition running low and roughly 100 Taliban fighters closing in, Lieutenant Murphy made a bold but fateful decision: He left the sheltering mountain rocks into an open area where he hoped to get a radio frequency.
He managed to make contact with Bagram Air Base, calling in his unit’s location and the size of the enemy force, even as he came under direct fire, according to a declassified Navy account of the battle.

He also was shot several times and died.

Today, President Bush will award Lieutenant Murphy, a team leader from Patchogue, the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military award. Mr. Bush will present it to Lieutenant Murphy’s father and mother, Daniel and Maureen, in a ceremony scheduled to take place in the East Room.


Note that Malone the Malicious got the country wrong: Murphy died in Afghanistan, not Iraq.