James Carafano on Righting Reuters
Writing at the National Review Institute, Heritage Foundation’s James Carafano sets the record straight on missile defense. Reuters published an anti-missile defense story that Carafano critiques. An excerpt:
“Reuters missile defense reporter Jim Wolf has struck again. This time his June 16 article ‘General ‘90-percent-plus’ sure on U.S. Missile Defense’ selectively quotes some experts and fails to identify others as long time anti-missile defense crusaders.
“Wolf’s article begins by noting that Vice Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff General James Cartwright recently told Congress he believed the odds of defeating a long-range North Korean missile attack were ‘ninety percent plus.’ Wolf then immediately quotes Lisbeth Gronlund who he identifies as ‘an expert on missile defense at the Union of Concerned Scientists in Cambridge, Massachusetts.’ Gronlund dismissed Cartwright’s estimate as ‘irresponsible and based on wishful thinking’ not based on facts. What Wolf fails to report is that Gronlund has always been a consistent critic of missile defense and has not published an article on the subject since 2002. The current ground-based mid-course defense system has evolved significantly since then. Although Gronlund frequently participates in groups conducting analysis of missile defense, it is not clear what her current assessment is based on.”
Read the full article here.
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