Posted on 10/04/2004 9:17:44 AM PDT by Pfesser
NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw has rushed to the defense of embattled CBS News anchor Dan Rather — and now finds himself under fire.
Mr. Brokaw, during a panel discussion in New York on Saturday, criticized what he called an attempt to "demonize" CBS and Mr. Rather on the Internet.
Mr. Rather finds himself in trouble for using fake documents to question President Bush's National Guard record.
Mr. Brokaw said the criticism of his CBS counterpart "goes well beyond any factual information," adding, "What I think is highly inappropriate is what is going on across the Internet, a kind of political jihad ... that is quite outrageous."
BoycottCBS.com founder Michael Paranzino fired back yesterday, saying, "Tom Brokaw reads the news, but does he understand it? How could a man who reports on child-killings in Beslan, or beheadings in Iraq, be so insensitive to the reality of jihad?
"Jihad is not Americans demanding reforms from an arrogant and biased media. Jihad is Islamists mowing down children for sport, blowing up families at Tel Aviv cafes, and, in case he forgot, terrorists sending jet airliners into the World Trade Center and Pentagon."
Mr. Paranzino added: "We will not be cowed into silence by Mr. Brokaw's intemperate remarks. Is it any wonder the networks have been hemorrhaging viewers for years? They just don't get it."
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Watch it Brokaw. The pajama cadres have you on their list.
Great job Mr Paranzino!
Quite simply, Brokaw, Rather, and Jennings deeply resent the fact that their ability to manipulate public opinion is now being challenged. They see some of their power slipping away, and they don't like it. The phrase "the arrogance of power" applies to them as well as it ever applied to anyone.
One final comment: Mr. Brokaw, all three of you anchormen need the same surgery - you need the corncobs removed from your respective butts.
Let's not forget that Brokaw reportedly was offered the cabinet office of Secretary of the Interior by Slick Willie. Not much more need be known.
True-- they are afraid of the pajamadeen!
3 pathetic fossils.
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