Recent articles, both [url=http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/02/03/040339.php]at Blogcritics.org[/url], as well as on other sites, attempt to perpetuate the myth that President Bush was a deserter during his term of service in the Air National Guard, which began in 1968 shortly after his graduation from Yale. One partisan site, [url=http://www.democrats.com]Democrats.com[/url], purports to give us the “facts” surrounding the President’s military service.

However, after only a few minutes reading the Democrats.com materials, it became clear that what I was actually reading was a woeful misrepresentation of the real facts in an attempt to smear the President in every way possible. The material they’ve posted commits three journalistic sins. First, it takes rumor and innuendo and attempts to present them as facts. Second, the writers do not give all the facts, rather, they ignore any facts that contradict their pet theories. Third, the writers go way beyond any kind of evidence available in order to turn this into a full-blown conspiracy theory elaborate enough to impress even the now-defunct Soviet intelligence agency, the KGB!

What are the [url=http://www.factcheck.org/article.aspx?docID=131]real facts surrounding Bush’s service [/url]in the Air National Guard? Lets take a look.
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