I’m still noodling my own view on the push to repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell and the politics of same. But just out of curiosity, has anyone heard, seen, or read a mainstream news story in recent days about the issue telling stories that support upholding the ban? NPR this morning had yet another story about brave, patriotic, qualified people who had to leave the military because they were homosexuals or lesbians. I find these stories compelling and I take these Americans at their word when they talk about how heartbreaking it was to be forced from the service (It’s noteworthy that stories about actual combat troops are more rare). But I can’t remember the last time I heard a similar story showing how having openly gay people in the service might cause problems. I can certainly understand why such stories are hard to report. After all, the moment someone is openly gay, they’re pushed out of uniform. Also, the Pentagon is probably less than eager to help with stories that depict military personnel as intolerant of anybody. But surely reporters can find empirical evidence that opponents of repeal base their case on? To listen to NPR, you would think this is a no-brainer not just on the fairness issue, but on the facts as well (though as Mack Owens notes, fairness isn’t everything). I’m open to the possibility that the preponderance of the facts is on the side of repeal, but I know that the facts don’t all go in one direction. They never do.