. . . Hugh Hewitt makes a serious proposal on how General Petraeus' forthcoming report should be revealed to the public.
It's a big moment, and deserves the sort of major attention that Hewitt suggests it receives. The big papers should print it in full, and all the cable outlets and the broadcast networks should show the press conference in full without interruption.
It won't happen as he suggests it should. The media loves to mediate, and presenting General Petraeus unmediated would make it that much harder to push their preferred narrative afterwards.
Maybe by making the suggestion early and publicly, you can shame the media into doing the right thing by the American people, but I seriously doubt it.
(and please, save the name 'immodest proposal' or 'modest proposal' for satire)
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