Media Ignored How Failed Gay Relationship, Violent Outbursts Impacted Wikileaks

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Media Ignored How Failed Gay Relationship, Violent Outbursts Impacted Wikileaks 'Hero'
By Erin R. Brown | June 21, 2011 | 12:27

In the wake of the largest security breach in U.S. military history, the mainstream media have struggled to report all the facts about Bradley Manning, the Iraq war soldier in the middle of the Wikileaks scandal. In an effort to pursue political correctness over truthful journalism, ABC, CBS and NBC ignored uncomfortable facts about Manning's sexual orientation and history of "emotional fragility," choosing instead to describe him as an "outcast who tried desperately to fit in."

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