The media ought to be investigating, they ought to be infiltrating,
they ought to have their hidden cameras, their hidden microphones,
going into some of these Wahabi-funded [largely by Saudi Arabia]
schools, some of these mosques that preach hate right here in the
United States . . .

They ought to, but they won't.

The only religion they will investigate/slam is Christianity, and only the white, conservative variety.

Muslims can preach hate all day long, just ask Louis Farrakhan.

As a bonus, they can also have multiple wives, right here in the USA.

Just try that you Mormons.

D

I don't support our liberals or their mission.

Cal did naila nd now I wonder why ABC and Brian Ross or even Fox News has not done this kind of investigative reporting. I do not expect CBS or NBC to do it.

Fortunately, after 5+ years, we still remember the horror of 9/11 and 3,000 people dead . That little man Gabler conveniently forgets in order to extend his own partisan agenda.  This guy is anything but a responsible journalist.

The shake-up is part of a fresh attempt to improve community relations and avoid offending Muslims,

Well, well, well.....Let's watch and see how soon Brown starts installing foot baths, removing pork from school lunch menus, and instituting other accommodations to avoid offending Muslims. What will he do when Muslim cabbies start refusing passengers with service dogs or duty-free liquor at Heathrow and Gatwick, as has happened at Minneapolis/St. Paul airport? Or when they want prayer rooms in the schools? (Most schools in England are run by the Church of England)?

Inreresting times are on the way in Gordon Brown's England.....

Neil's claim to fame is writing a book on Disney.He does remind me of Goofy.I watch the show yesterday and knew what he would say before he said it.It is always the same response from him.Bushes fault.It is America's fault.

I agree with Cal but reporters would drather go after fluff pieces than real journalism.Paris Hilton will have more attention payed to her than the terrorist will.I think it is about time reporters got their heads out the sand and started to do some real investagating.Todays journalist act more like reporters for those grocery store mags...enquirer and such than real news journalist. 

Mark Finkelstein and most of the posters here seem to have missed the primary propaganda Neil Gabler was trying to foist on the Fox audience.  That being that the Bush Administration has influence over the MSM hysteria and how they hype their coverage of the War on Terror.

In case you haven't understood the liberal Democrat position for the last, forever, I guess: The problem is not terrorism.  The problem is us.  It's our overreaction.  It's our xenophobia, our innate racism, our inability to reach out and communicate and use diplomacy.  It's our "hysteria".  An interesting word choice by any liberal, considering the inate sexism of that one.

  These people are as dangerous as terrorists.  Neil, you are a total ostrich, along with your companions in Congress and the Media. Keep up the good work, al-Queda thanks you.

Anyone who says they support the troops but not the mission is a liar. 

With Gabler and all the leftists in this country they just close their eyes and wish it away....

Pathetic.

President Bush and crew have done a good job of protecting us so far...even with all the enemy within doing their best to do the opposite.

If we get hit again....who does anyone think the simpleton's like Gabler and his ilk, including the politico's and especially the msm are going to point their fingers at?

....hmmmmm?

I wonder how strong the British committment to victory is now that Tony Blair has stepped aside. I am afraid that our strongest ally may no longer have the stomach for the fight, judging from the words and actions of the new P.M. and Home Secetatry. We may actually fnd ourselves doing what the libs have claimed for so long---going it  alone.

Investigative journalism? The MSM? Ha, they don't "do" that. Even with domestic issues, like illegal immigration or gang violence, the MSM does not investigate/report it because it is not within their agenda. Will they report about Paris Hilton and a DUI? YES. A homosexual priest? YES Gun sales? YES. Yes because all of the above are within their agenda. Going against terrorism, illegal immigration, gang violence, rappers demeaning women et. Al. are NOT in their agenda. Pure and simple.

Gordon Brown has banned ministers from using the word “Muslim” in ­connection with the ­terrorism crisis.

Of course, Gabler likes this kind of insincerity.  It reminds me of the stories of Catholic priests secularly abusing underaged boys.  The MSM avoided labeling of the guilty priests as "gay" or "homosexual" for fear of creating a stigma angering the Gay community.

Was anyone fooled?  I doubt any Brits --- Muslim or non-Muslim --- are fooled either.

The shake-up is part of a fresh attempt to improve community relations and avoid offending Muslims, adopting a more “consensual” tone than existed under Tony Blair....

Community relations would improve exponentially if the Muslims in the UK would turnover the terrroists in their community over to British authorities.  The collective silence and lack of cooperation of the Muslim community speak volumes to Britons.

I wonder if Gabler would still favor British 'coolness' if he realized that British intelligence and law enforcement are authorized to be far more intrusive to the privacy of individuals than US authorities can.

I hate to do it, but i have to come down, partially, on Gabler's side of this.  While I think it's fine to keep the public informed and aware of terrorist/extemist incidents, I also see where many in the media sieze any threat and try to turn it into a ratings bonanza for themselves.  The media has a well-documented history of a willingness to fill in gaps in the facts (or airtime needed to present them) with speculation, guesses, theories, etc., of both an informed and uninformed nature.

Remember back to 9/12?  We were still getting round-the-clock coverage of everything going on, even though most of what was known was well told on 9/11.  All we got on 9/12 and later was a lot of hooey speculation that was generated by people who really had no idea what they were talking about.  I remember talking to people who were terrified that another major attack could occur at any time... even though there was nothing in the history of terrorism that would support such a conclusion.  Terrorists had always struck in an effort to gain attention to themselves, and don't attack and reattack like a standing army would.  Yet there was talking head after talking head, yammering on incessantly about how another attack could happen at any time!!! 

Then we had the weeks and months of the same talking heads spreading fear and confusion just to get more face time in front of the cameras.  Every mall, power station, water supply, truck station, train station, park, school, ship yard, military base, movie theater, stadium, etc. COULD BE THE TARGET OF THE NEXT ATTACK... COMING AT ANY TIME!!!  Then we had the endless reports of "mysterious white powder" turning up all over the news... but the media was too busy warning people that their mall could fall under attack at any time to ever report that 99.99% of those "mysterious white powder" reports were attributed to people eating powdered donuts, flour spills, people throwing salt over their shoulders to prevent terrorist attacks, etc.  The media loved to hype up the threat, but always had something else to do when it came to reporting that it had all been about nothing.

When the Navy trained me on how to mine harbors, I was asked how many mines it would take to completely close down a harbor that was 10 miles by 10 miles, using mines with an effective range of one mile.  Easy, I thought, you would need 100 mines.  The correct answer was two mines, one at the entrance to the harbor and one at the exit.  Placing them in these locations guaranteed one or the other would get hit, and the resulting panic, fear, and doubt would compel the enemy to "just know" that the whole harbor was mined and expend a lot of time and resources sweeping the entire harbor and keeping it closed until the sweeping was done.  In short, you use a few well-placed assets to create a lot of havoc, then you sit back and watch as your enemy's fear and uncertainty do all the heavy lifting for you... or in our case, you let the media and their "We turn now to (CNN, Fox News, NBC, etc) news contributor, retired (FBI agent, general, fireman, etc) John Smith.  Mr. Smith, who do you see happening next?" "experts" do all the heavy lifting.