What's the big story this morning? Both FoxNews.com and CNN.com are still going with the Fort Dix terror suspect arrests as the top story. But as the screencap below (taken at 11:15 EDT) shows, MSNBC.com has "Major Flood: Rising Midwest rivers spark comparison to deadly '93 deluge" as the top story. (screencap included after the jump)
Granted, disaster stories are big news, particularly so close on the heels of the Greensburg, Kansas, tornado. But six immigrants, all of whom are suspected radical Muslims and three of whom are here in the United States illegally, is certainly a more compelling story for a top story.
Update: Malkin has a lengthy post about the terror plot here, complete with excerpts from FBI documents.
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I noticed this first thing th
May 8, 2007 - 10:43 ET by bigtimerI noticed this first thing this morning....the flood and gas prices in either order have been their top stories, I turned it all off.
Something as important as this should be huge news on all the networks, not just for a few minutes...plus some gum-shoe work and interviews and just a little thanks to all involved for getting these scum of the earth creeps.
Oh well I guess it just isn't important or sexy enough until thousands and thousands are killed here...again.
Ethnic Albanians? OH! You mean terrorist muslims!
May 8, 2007 - 11:49 ET by heldmywEvery MSM story I have come across refers to the perps as "Ethnic Albanians".
It isn't until coincidental statements deep into the piece that we find that these are garden variety
Muslim Terrorists.
I wonder why that is?
Heldmyw:Not Muslim Terrorist;
May 8, 2007 - 12:07 ET by Airforce_5_OHeldmyw:
Not Muslim Terrorist; Islamic Freedom Fighters...Get it right man
Reduce the U.S. Carbon Footprint. Send Rosie to Iran. Airforce_5_O 04/04/2007
Subtext
May 8, 2007 - 10:45 ET by JimboThe answer may lie in the subtext of the stories. Terror plot foiled = war on terror working. Natural disaster = potential opportunity to bash Bush.
Jimbo says - "There is a fine line between freedom of speech and treason"
If they take off as the top s
May 8, 2007 - 10:49 ET by Airforce_5_OIf they take off as the top story, want it go away?
I mean, come on who wants to hear about the Islamic Freedom Fights getting arrested for plotting against the mean troops of the oppressor George Bush?
Besides this whole flooding and gas prices thing are his entire fault anyway.
Reduce the U.S. Carbon Footprint. Send Rosie to Iran. Airforce_5_O 04/04/2007
In all honesty, I don't see t
May 8, 2007 - 10:54 ET by taznarIn all honesty, I don't see the problem. A deadly storm, thousands of people being evacuated from their homes with the potential for a greater threat looming.... We're talking actual loss of life, many lives greatly altered, a lot of damage done.
They're both important stories. How do you judge which is most important?
You are absolutely right. 10
May 8, 2007 - 11:18 ET by SouthJersey1953You are absolutely right. 10 people die in a tornado and people are displaced by floods.....so much more important than the actions that PREVENTED the terrorist attack on our troops. We should just leave the story alone unless civilians get killed or threatened. <sarc off>
"You can lead a man to Congress, but you can't make him think." - Milton Berle
I fully understand the seriou
May 8, 2007 - 11:52 ET by taznarI fully understand the seriousness and the implications of the averted attack -I never advocated leaving the story alone. I get the impression you simply don't understand the seriousness of the flooding that's occuring. People die, thousands more are displaced for an indeterminant amount of time, the situation may be worsening, and you think its a joke?
I'll ask again, by what criteria is one clearly the top story and one not? I think the idea that "there can be only one" top story is ridiculous -but then I'm not a journalist, If there has to be one, I don't see choosing either of these stories as being wrong.
Edit: I know you don't really think its a joke -that wasn't exactly a fair characterization. Ken says the Fort Dix story, "is certainly a more compelling story for a top story." and many seem to agree. I disagree and am curious as to what, specifically, people find so much more compelling than the flood story.
I think the problem was that
May 8, 2007 - 15:53 ET by SouthJersey1953I think the problem was that the terror attack story didn't even make 'splash page mention' - it wasn't ebcause it wasn't the top story, but if you look on the side bar, it isn't even there......The events at Fort Dix were much more important than some of the other stories listed there.
"You can lead a man to Congress, but you can't make him think." - Milton Berle
Oops! Never mind. After looki
May 8, 2007 - 15:54 ET by SouthJersey1953Oops! Never mind. After looking again, it IS there.
Sorry....
"You can lead a man to Congress, but you can't make him think." - Milton Berle
One is clearly a natural disa
May 8, 2007 - 16:55 ET by ArchConservativeOne is clearly a natural disaster (not man-made, not created by "global warming") and something that cannot be predicted or averted by policies. Yes that is terrible, but it was regional. The Ft Dix story (and I was stationed at Ft Dix before serving in Iraq) is something that affects everyone in the United States. It was clearly meant to be a "9/11" of the military personel there and who knows how many other cells are out there ready to target other military bases across the country. It was clearly a another step of bringing the Global Jihad to America: kill our soldiers before they have a chance to stop the terrorists over seas. The other reason that it should be a top story, is that this is another successful defeat for the enemy on our shores by the administration. That reason alone guarantees it won't be headline news by many organizations.
"Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists."
- President George W Bush September 2001 speech to a joint session of Congress.
Let the Whining Begin
May 8, 2007 - 11:03 ET by bigtimerHere is an interesting link I found....http://www.littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/
Let the whining begin as it so aptly says...read on...
So pathetically expected you want to laugh out loud.
Shame on the fools in this country...shame.
Great Find BTWhat a crock of
May 8, 2007 - 11:36 ET by Airforce_5_OGreat Find BT
What a crock of pig dung.
Hope they don't tie them to the Middle East? Huh? What the F....?
THEY ARE TERRORIST!!!
I don't care if they are from Hicktown USA, They are Terrorist. Period!
Reduce the U.S. Carbon Footprint. Send Rosie to Iran. Airforce_5_O 04/04/2007
Af...THEY ARE TERRORIST!!!BIN
May 8, 2007 - 11:38 ET by bigtimerAf...
THEY ARE TERRORIST!!!
BINGO!
Hi bigtimer,What I will be wa
May 8, 2007 - 14:31 ET by msh1973Hi bigtimer,
What I will be watching for is... what will be the lead story tonight at 6:30pm on the three networks. Will it be the flood or the terror plot, also will they leave out the part about illegals? We shall see...
Hi msh...They are having a gr
May 8, 2007 - 14:45 ET by bigtimerHi msh...
They are having a great press conference so far on this exact subject.
I wished they would not take questions from the twits in the press.
I thank goodness for the work these people did to save some of our men at Fort Dix.
They were going to put the lights out first with a power outage.
Well you know, as Rosie &am
May 8, 2007 - 11:11 ET by terrigWell you know, as Rosie & her pal said they're all a bunch of "poor people looking for in education". I mean seriously, have you seen what they're posting on Puff Post? They're actually somewhat saddened they faild because in their world (Rosie's too) the military is the enemy. What a bunch of pigs.
This morning on AOL's website
May 8, 2007 - 14:05 ET by ahusserThis morning on AOL's website it said "former citizen's of Yugoslavia". I knew at that moment they were Muslim terrorists. You know proponents of that religion of peace-Islam.
"A mind is a terrible thing." - A comic I forgot the name of.
Live "terrorist" pr
May 8, 2007 - 14:38 ET by JABLive "terrorist" pressor going on now.
Listen here.
<edit> never mind it's over already.
"Too bad Ignorance isn't painful..."
It's still on all the station
May 8, 2007 - 14:47 ET by bigtimerIt's still on all the stations on television JAB.
Hey ya, bt. I know but I put
May 8, 2007 - 14:51 ET by JABHey ya, bt. I know but I put the link up for the computer users and the local talk show host cut it short on me. I should have linked to a TV site but was pressed for time to get it up there. Thanks again, later.
"Too bad Ignorance isn't painful..."