http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-pulitzer8apr08,1,5313420.story
"The Post's public service
award came for its vivid accounts of the poor treatment
suffered by wounded soldiers at what was supposed to be a premier
medical facility. Reporters Dana Priest and Anne Hull and
photographer Michel du Cille depicted a hospital littered with
mouse droppings, broken-down furniture and an inattentive
staff.
The stories provoked widespread outrage, leading Defense Secretary
Robert M. Gates to fire Army Secretary Francis J. Harvey.
....
"I worry that some papers are really chipping away at this kind
of good, investigative journalism," said McCaskill, a member of the
Armed Services Committee, which reviewed the hospital's
shortcomings. "It keeps us honest. It keeps our democracy honest.
And, in this case, it protected literally hundreds of good,
patriotic Americans who obviously deserved a lot, lot better.""
Kastari - how he escaped not covered. PAP criticism never.
Foreign news cut and paste from agencies. Opnions written by third
parties. You cant even use the Straits Times as toilet
paper.
