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18. If you read the link that is not what happened.

Fri May 4, 2012, 10:42 AM

May 2012

The military broke their promise so it was justified that the reporter break his.

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AP apologizes for firing reporter over WWII scoop [View all] Omaha Steve May 2012 OP

He promised to embargo a story exboyfil May 2012 #1

They should not have apologized at all naaman fletcher May 2012 #3

Except that's not how it went down: Alcibiades May 2012 #11

Sounds right to me, Alc. elleng May 2012 #25

67 years later, big whoop malthaussen May 2012 #2

Now now, he's only been dead 49 years... (nt) Posteritatis May 2012 #32

Censorship is censorship... trumad May 2012 #4

He Didn't Have To Agree To The Embargo Fastcars May 2012 #5

Good luck becoming a journalist. FailureToCommunicate May 2012 #8

It wasn't censorship Confusious May 2012 #9

If you read the link that is not what happened. former9thward May 2012 #18

The US Army did NOT break its word, happyslug May 2012 #23

+1 Thanks for elaborating in such detail independentpiney May 2012 #24

The reporter acted correctly. former9thward May 2012 #26

Sorry, just because someone else Confusious May 2012 #27

Once the military broke their word there was no point to the embargo. former9thward May 2012 #28

Your word is your word Confusious May 2012 #29

A contract is only good if both parties abide by it. former9thward May 2012 #30

It wasn't a contract Confusious May 2012 #33

Very True. Basil Clarke should have spilled the beans on Operation Torch LanternWaste May 2012 #12

Huge diff don't you think. trumad May 2012 #14

"and those who advocate it our idiots" WilliamPitt May 2012 #20

Douche trumad May 2012 #21

Win WilliamPitt May 2012 #22

So now we have the timeline gratuitous May 2012 #6

So AP, Churchill, Truman all colluded SemperEadem May 2012 #7

Cold War RitchieRich May 2012 #13

Agreed. 20 million Russians died...Russia was on OUR side FailureToCommunicate May 2012 #15

You're right,in fact we should have just marched straight on to Moscow independentpiney May 2012 #19

Is this considered LBN ? may3rd May 2012 #16