NY Times Connects Recent Terrorist Plot to Wars in Iraq, Afghanistan
August 11th, 2006 6:36 AM
I guess we should have predicted this. After all, in the minds of many in the mainstream media, history began on March 20, 2003, when America invaded Iraq; unless absolutely necessary, all prior events relating to terrorism are to be ignored. As such, we shouldn’t be at all surprised that a New York Times front-page story about the recent thwarted terrorist plot in Great Britain tied the event to…
Has Hezbollah Co-opted the Western Media
August 11th, 2006 2:03 AM
Putting aside more conspiratorially-minded critics of the mainstream
media, genuine practical concerns and mounting evidence suggest
Western media has been co-opted by Hezbollah in Lebanon to a
significant agree. So much so, in fact, that it may be unable to paint
an accurate picture of the current conflict.
The two year old image at right is from a Reuters video of
Palestinian terrorists…
Williams: Like Terrorists, U.S. Special Forces Willing to Go on Suicid
August 10th, 2006 10:01 PM
Brian Williams of "NBC Nightly News" surely intended to praise the heroism and selflessness of our various service people. But he employed at best an awkward, at worst an inappropriate and offensive manner of doing it.On this evening's 7 PM ET edition of Hardball, Chris Matthews mused about the UK-born terrorists whose plot was foiled today:"Here we have maybe 24 people who have lived in London…
Where Are We Going Wrong Helping Homegrown Terrorists Integrate Societ
August 10th, 2006 3:45 PM
Made-in-the-UK Islamic radicals are trying to murder people - and it's the UK's fault for not doing a better job integrating them into society.That was the view expressed on Fox News this afternoon by Angela Corpe of Sky News - Fox's UK sister network. Fox's Page Hopkins asked: "Given that you had 7/7 and we in New York know what it was like after 9/11. [Is it] still very fresh in Londoners'…
UK Airline Bomb Plot: Al-Reuters "Explains It All
August 10th, 2006 3:34 PM
Quick Take: Reuters' initial reaction to the UK airliner bomb plot arrests was to tie it to Tony Blair and Israel's actions in Lebanon. A later story, perhaps in response to blog criticism of the original, added the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as "reasons." Nowhere is the idea that Islamic Jihadism, independent of day-to-day events in the Middle East, is involved. More important, and worse --…
Open Thread
August 10th, 2006 8:02 AM
The foiling of a terrorist plot to blow up American airplanes coming from the UK will be today's top story. Post here on it and anything else.
