Bill O'Reilly here and I'm warming up. Stand by for the O'Reilly Update Morning Edition.

On this Friday during World War II, the United States military censored press reports coming back from the front.

That, of course, is a violation of the First Amendment.

But the Roosevelt administration didn't really care,

and reporters could be prosecuted for failing to submit articles to the military censors.

Today we have the total opposite, live time coverage of a battlefield, and rank enemy propaganda being reported as

fact by some American journalists.

Example, Iran does not control shipping in Hormuz.

It attacks vessels with drones.

That panics insurance companies who are telling shipping operations that they will not be

reimbursed for any damage in Hormuz.

Now the U.S. military could take control of the waterway there any time it wants, but that

would require close quarter combat, something the American people do not want

to happen.

That is a lucky break for Iran.

The fact that the media activity distributes Iranian propaganda is an absolute scandal,

perhaps a new low in the history of journalism.

Iran is the enemy. Someone tell the television news industry.

Back in a moment.

Financial stress is hitting an all-time high.

Millions of Americans are stretched thin with no extra money, no room to breathe.

And this isn't just lower-income households.

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