Measure Report: New Distortion Times

One of my field Correspondents, Measure, has filed the following report:

Last year, the army was made aware of a possible improvement to body armor, that could protect troops from a few more kinds of bullets. Although Iraqi insurgents were not using these kinds of bullets against our troops, the Pentagon wanted to outfit all our troops with the new armor anyway. The Pentagon fast-tracked the new armor and was supplying troops with the improved armor as quickly as logistically possible. The New York Times picked up on this story, carefully examined the facts, and ran the following story: "For the second time since the Iraq war began, the Pentagon is struggling to replace body armor that is failing to protect American troops from the most lethal attacks of insurgents."

The Times said this despite any evidence that the old armor was protecting the troops any worse than the new will. Here's a link to the full story, with complete details: http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0805/jkelly082505.php3