Not to Be Outdone Dept.: NY Times Gives Saddam the 'Charismatic Leader' Look

Photo of Tom Blumer.
By Tom Blumer (Bio | Archive)
December 31, 2006 - 14:04 ET

This previous post from Friday night shortly after his hanging noted that CNN was giving Saddam Hussein the "Deceased Statesman" look.

The NY Times (HT Hot Air; scroll down, and look on left; direct link to pic is here; pic below is from my host's hard drive) has in a sense outdone CNN by giving Saddam the look of a charismatic, and from all appearances beloved, leader:

One suspects that this is just a warm-up for Castro when his time comes.


Comments Policy

All comments are owned by whoever posted them and are subject to our terms of use. They should not be assumed to represent the views of NewsBusters.

Viewing options

Select your preferred way to display the comments and click "Save settings" to activate your changes.

What is the liberal dims and

December 31, 2006 - 17:41 ET by Dave R

What is the liberal dims and the MSM's (as if there were a difference) fascination with muderous dictators, anyway?  They loved Uncle Ho, Stalin, Mao, Peng, --they seem to positively adore Castro and just about all the rest that are still around.

What gives with these idiots?  Is this what they really want for us in this country but are afraid to admit?

Dave,I'm sure they'll come up

December 31, 2006 - 17:59 ET by Blonde

Dave,

I'm sure they'll come up with something equally disgusting for Castro when he finally kicks off.

Saddam didn't look so leaderlike at the top of those gallows, though, did he?  Yet the press made him out to be "defiant, blah, blah, blah".   What IS their problem?

Castro doesn't need a warm-up

December 31, 2006 - 19:06 ET by bigtimer

Castro doesn't need a warm-up, he is sooooo done, stick a fork in 'em!

Somebody needs to let CNN know that though...just a little clue to them may help, doubtful, but worth a try, they adore the communistic beast.

"If we ever forget that we are a Nation Under God....then we will be a Nation Gone Under."  Ronald Reagan

I'm sure CNN is more than rea

January 1, 2007 - 02:27 ET by i was just thinking

I'm sure CNN is more than ready. They've most likely already selected the somber intro/exit music, prepared the "diplomatic Statesman, benevolent leader of a proud nation" photo graphic, prepared for interviews with Cindy Sheehan, Harry Belafonte, Hugo Chavez, etc., and booked their first-class plane tickets for Havana.

Tell me again... is CNN the Clinton News Network, Communist News Network, or Castro News Network? I forget.

"Tell me again..."

January 1, 2007 - 14:42 ET by MikeB

"Tell me again..."  Does it matter?  Castro and both Clintons are Communists (Castro is just more honest about it).

"A communist is someone who reads Marx.  An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx."  Ronald Reagan

" 'diplomatic statesman.

January 1, 2007 - 14:55 ET by kathleenirish

" 'diplomatic statesman....benevolent leader of a proud nation...' hmm, that's good stuff", says the ABC (or other msm) writer as s/he reads this post. "I just have to add, 'brought illiteracy rates down to nearly zero, provided free and world-class health care to all, was admired by (liberals and) communists across the globe...' ". (sic)

  Our predictions and jokes are probably too pedestrian and plain, even as we write tongue-in-cheek.  The MSM will always still surprise me with their gall and their shameless fawning over despots.

"He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere"          -Ali ibn-Abi-Talib, 4th Islamic Caliph

Don't forget that he was in f

January 1, 2007 - 15:54 ET by Unsane

Don't forget that he was in fact democratically elected.  Of his people's own freewill, of course.

:-)

"Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy."  -Sir Winston Churchill, British statesman (1874-1965)