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Reporting on Bush's VFW speech, media failed to note his previous disavowal of Iraq-Vietnam parallels

August 23, 2007 7:53 pm ET

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SUMMARY: In reports on President Bush's speech arguing that withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq would "lead to widespread death and suffering as it did in Southeast Asia" following the Vietnam War, numerous media outlets failed to point out Bush's previous statements disavowing parallels between Iraq and Vietnam, while other reports did not note any criticism of the speech.

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