On Thursday I noted a Powerline Blog report that ABC was looking to do a story on the funeral of an Iraqi war soldier to provide "balance" to their Inauguration coverage. Powerline wryly noted that soldiers being buried on Wednesday or Today aren't good enough, nor are those killed in Afghanistan, a training exercise, or aiding Tsunami relief.

James Taranto notes that ABC got their story:

Peter Jennings: Fair to say, we think, that at some point today here in Washington, the war in Iraq was on everyone's mind, when the president spoke; when the antiwar demonstrators shouted as the president went by; when one or another military unit did something here today as part of the celebration. And we thought, too, of the many wounded at the army hospital here, watching it all on television.

And in Rockport, Texas, today, just about the time the president was speaking, there was a funeral for a young marine reservist, 21 year-old Matthew Holloway was killed in Iraq last week by a roadside bomb. His brother told a local paper that as much as Matthew wanted to be home, he was very proud of what he was doing in Iraq, and it is something you hear from so many people in the services, including the 10,000 who have already been wounded.

How can they be so shameless? ABC deliberately sought out a report of a military funeral just to thumb their nose at the Bush Administration's celebration.