A sign of how the MediaCrats really don't "get it":
This morning both the NY Times and the WashPost have prison-abuse headlines ABOVE their Reagan coverage.
The MediaCrats have Ph.d's in not getting it. Last Tuesday at President Bush's news conference he said something that made me sit up straight...
...we heard from the new Iraqi government, by the way, today, and the new Prime Minister who stood up and thanked the American people, for which I was grateful. He was speaking to the -- to the mothers and dads and wives and husbands of our brave troops who have helped them become a free country, and I appreciated his strong statement. Link
Grumbling to myself, certainly that bit of news should be on the nightly news networks. So I decided to test it and at the appointed time, switched back and forth with all the big three. Nope, not one network ran the story in the first 15 minutes. And CBS's lead story was the audio tape of Enron employees cheering over bilking California grannies and whooping it up hoping that GWB would be elected.
I could take it no more but waited until the weekend's events had quieted down and then sent a letter to abc, cbs and nbc telling them how I searched in vain on that evening's newscast and didn't find what I thought was an important story. I included the fact that they are not fooling anyone, that their desire is a Kerry WH and if troops have to die and Iraq is left to terrorists to get to that end, it's apparent they have no trouble helping bring that end. And I included this from the WSJ opinion journal:
A myth has developed that Iraqis aren't grateful for their liberation from Saddam. So it's worth noting that the leaders of Iraq's new interim government have been explicit and gracious in their thanks, not that you've heard this from the U.S. media.
First in Arabic and then in English, Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said in his inaugural address to the Iraqi people last Tuesday that "I would like to record our profound gratitude and appreciation to the U.S.-led international coalition, which has made great sacrifices for the liberation of Iraq." In his own remarks, President Ghazi al-Yawer said: "Before I end my speech, I would like us to remember our martyrs who fell in defense of freedom and honor, as well as our friends who fell in the battle for the liberation of Iraq."
Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told the U.N. Security Council much the same thing last Thursday: "We Iraqis are grateful to the coalition who helped liberate us from the persecution of Saddam Hussein's regime. We thank President Bush and Prime Minister Blair for their dedication and commitment."
We thought our readers might like to know. Link
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It is fun to watch all the Reagan haters on the tellie having to bite their lips and talk nicely about The Gipper. Will they explode before Friday?