As a side note, whie driving through several stretches
of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia over the
weekend, I couldn't get any radio coverage of the NCAA
Men's Basketball tournament, and my only radio source
of war coverage was NPR. As an example of how biased
NPR is, even by mainstream media standards, while most
radio news outfits cover the actual war, NPR seemed to
find coverage of the anti-war protests far more
interesting - and provided virtually play-by-play
coverage. My general impression was that they'd start
in Washington, and after several minutes, "we now take
you to New York where protests are under way", and by
evening "protests are winding down around the country,
but protest activity is still heavy in San Francisco
at this hour..." Unbelievable. And of course,
despite this comprehensive coverage, almost no mention
was made of the extremist views of so many of these
protestors, nor was much shrift given to pro-war
views, nor (unlike on DC Television that night) was
coverage given to law enforcement professionals
describing legal infractions by protestors.
Hard to imagine that these are my US taxpayer dollars
at work... I mean, I am generally sympathetic to much
of the concept behind public broadcasting in the US,
but this kind of propagandizing under the veneer of
"news" should be left to the private sector.
Anyhow... on to Andrew Sullivan....
JDG
AXIS OF BIAS: Lileks observes a moronic convergence:
11:50 NPR is running . . . the BBC. It's interesting,
listening to these guys - I'm unsure how it's possible
to sneer the entire time you're speaking. I fear the
announcer's face will stay that way. Perhaps you can
recognize an old Beeb hand by the permanently curled
lip. I've tuned in twice in half an hour; both times
they were talking about the FAILURE to get Saddam, and
what this FAILURE means for the war which might be
hindered by this initial FAILURE. And then the
reporter - a female one, with a sneerier sneer - says
the question now is when the attack will come, and
whether the President will give his generals
permission to act with a free hand.
Um . . . haven't we already settled that question? I
know it conflicts with the Beeb's view of Bush as a
vulture with a bloody globe clutched in one claw, the
other holding the leashes of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff, but I heard hours ago that theater decisions
had been left to the folks who do this for a living.
Unbelievable: NPR's top of the hour theme is somber,
downbeat, with a few disconsolate snare drums - music
to lose by! Is it too much to ask of these people to
play something that doesn't sound like the music you'd
use for the sinking of a f--king aircraft carrier?
*$#%*(#$%$#5
Nah, James. They've only just begun. Imagine how
terrified they are that Saddam might actually be dead.
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Your enemy is not surrounding your country � your enemy is ruling your
country. And the day he and his regime are removed from power will be
the day of your liberation." -George W. Bush 1/29/03
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