Thirty years ago, I was in Bahrain for over a year. During that time, the Shah if Iran abdicated. When we got home, I was shocked at the obvious slant and Madison Avenue approach of the American media, and the hostages in Iran were taken. Ted Koppell and all. It was disgusting. Then there was Ronald Reagan. Hope. Now Nope. It is not Bush, it is the media. There is now no escape for them for this blatant hypocrisy. See the NPR selective editing of just one paragraph of dozens in a message from a Doctor at New Orleans airport. It is the equivalent of libel or plagiarism by omission and it is absolutely criminal. They have no shame. Journalists should be held to a professional code. As an engineer, if I committed an act that nefarious, I would be skinned alive.
Here is the NPR thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1483275/posts
"Journalists should be held to a professional code."
Sort of proves there's nothing professional about journalism, doesn't it?
"I would be skinned alive."
Gee, I only wanted to brand them on the forehead and strip them of their citizenship, but, well, if you think skinning them alive would be better, okay.