Feel free to forward the following “news tip” to them. Please help us take the media to task for not giving full coverage to the subject of John McCain, for not reporting on the full McCain..

The media gives us full coverage of McCain’s war hero history, writes numerous stories about how he was tortured for many years, produces hundreds of articles every time a vet speaks out for him and talks about the torture, yet no one in the mainstream press ever asks the question “could the man running for the highest office in the United States of America, a job with incredible stress, possibly suffer from PTSD”? At present you can Google the words ‘mccain ptsd’ and approximately one half million hits will appear on the web, many of these are articles by veteran groups. Go to Google news section and try it and you may pull one or two. As you can see, there is still no real mainstream media coverage on this issue. Seems they will do article after article on the actual torture but not the final probable result.

“Among U.S. servicemen taken captive during the Korean War, as many as nine out of 10 survivors may suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental disorders more than 35 years after their release, psychologist Patricia B. Sutker of the New Orleans Veterans Administration Medical Center and her colleagues report in the January AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY.”

McCain has a nine out of ten chance of having PTSD, displays many of the symptoms, yet no one in the mainstream press will question this.

‘Post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, can result from wartime trauma such as suffering wounds or witnessing others being hurt. Symptoms include irritability or outbursts of anger, sleep difficulties, trouble concentrating, extreme vigilance and an exaggerated startle response.’

http://www.reuters.com/article/featuredCrisis/idUSN17282413

http://ptsd.about.com/od/symptomsanddiagnosis/a/PTSDsymptoms.htm

Before the Iraq war many of us begged the media to fully report on the wmd in Iraq, how it got there, who helped to supply Saddam and to report on previous administrations dealings with Iraq. We were told it was ancient history. The media ‘apologized’ years later for their failure to fully report the war.

Today, we are asking the media if John McCain is emotionally fit to serve as the President of the United States. Will they consider this ancient history as well? Surely the voters deserve to know prior to the fall election.

Thank you.