CJR Daily
The Army, with its new operational security
guidelines (OPSEC), "has figuratively and literally put the media in the same box as Al Qaeda, warlords, and drug cartels," writes
Paul McLeary. "While snake oil salesmen like
Sean Hannity and
Rush Limbaugh would surely rank the American press up there with Bin Laden and his homicidal ilk, for the Army to do so is shocking, displaying a deep ignorance ...over just what the media's role in a democracy is."