Comments on: MSM Fail: Does Iran fit the narrative?

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:44:43 +0000

Not sure, Christian. Last I heard, I Al Gore's been sent to presumably power-point the North Koreans to the point of ~~surrender~~ appeasement.

By: Floyd

Floyd — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:15:07 +0000

one of those groups should cover themselves with burqas….

By: Christian Toto

Christian Toto — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:08:00 +0000

Great post. And where is the continuing news coverage about two U.S. journalists sentenced to labor camp in N. Korea. Doesn’t Obama have a speech to fix this?

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:17:42 +0000

Spend any time in Europe and you’ll realize how incredibly provincial the American liberal-left MSM actually is. It would be funny if it weren’t so bloody pathetic. This group preens itself on being so worldly, being above attachment to America as a sovereign nation, they are cool, disinterested observers of the world scene.

That Iran does not fit their Obama-narrative (Obamarrative?) does play a role. I also think that they are simply not all that interested in world affairs. They would rather spend ink (or pixels as the case may be) on what Palin is saying about Letterman or Obama’s latest speech in which he lies about not wanting to take over 1/6th of the American economy through national health insurance.

By: G-MAN

G-MAN — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:55:34 +0000

Thousands of people rioting in Iran is hardly news, but the 12 people lead by cindy shehan “protesting” in front of GWB’s house is. Priorities.

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:15:57 +0000

Well I certainly hope your family’s as well as can be. That’s fo’ sho’…

By: JohnFN

JohnFN — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:53:29 +0000

Sorry for the absence, but duty called at home. My scouring of the “axis of terror No. 2″ (which sounds like a great alterna-rock song) occurred last night well into the morning, hence pushing my morning chores into the afternoon … you can see where this is going.

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:31:09 +0000

So this is where you were today, scouring for news on Axis of Terror #2. Perfectly understandable, but we did miss you at RF3D.

By: JohnFN

JohnFN — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:20:28 +0000

My parents are addicted to Fox. I can’t go longer than 15 minutes into a conversation with them before the “outrage du jour” regarding Obama, etc. comes up. Sorry, I relate, but I refuse to let Obama dominate my life to that aspect. It’s why I can’t read Malkin’s site, though Hot Air is a bit less firey. My first visit is usually Instapundit.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:08:27 +0000

There’s no doubt that newspapers are necessary in times like this. I really hope that those with the resources and staff to cover these kinds of events can get their acts together and do what newspapers are supposed to do. Even I would subscribe to the New York Times if I believed they were making an attempt to be objective.

I don’t have cable TV, so I haven’t watched Fox News in years. But I spent the night at my parents’ house a couple days ago and I couldn’t watch it. I get more information in ten minutes surfing the web than I’d get in an hour watching Fox. And what’s more troubling is that it seems designed to get me angry. I think a steady diet of Fox isn’t healthy, at least for me.

And I’d say the same for MSNBC if that’s what I watched. Or whichever television news station anyone would prefer me to name. It’s the nature of the medium to move from outrage to outrage and provide very little in the way of actual information. That’s where newspapers would come in handy.