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From the dailykos (needlees to say I did some editing)

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/3/4/1960/08174

60 Minutes: Scott Pelley Blames Terrorism on the Internets
by inclusiveheart
Sun Mar 04, 2007 at 04:16:19 PM PST
Okay - this story goes into the "You're F**king Kidding Me" file. Sorry for the profanity, but you'll have to live with it.

The lead story on 60 Minutes tonight filed by Scott Pelley is about how the internet is responsible for the attempt on Vice President Dick Cheney's life when he was in Afghanistan last week.

The story IGNORES the fact that the Bush Administration has completely ignored Al Qaeda since they invaded Iraq. He is at this moment suggesting that - gasp - horrors - "posting videos" is contributing to terrorism.

Pelley claims that the immediacy of the internets is compromising national security.

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I don't know quite what to say at this point. I am still in the process of processing the "You're F**king Kidding Me" information that Pelley is trying to float as if it was a truism beyond a shadow or a doubt.

Here we go on the next assault on free speech. This one the media will heartily support so as to kill their competition - that would be "us" by the way.

My God. This country is totally screwed up. I thought we had a chance to bring it back, but I am not at all hopeful anymore.

UpdateWhen asked what set my antennae off here is what I replied to NPK and at the behest of joanneleon I am including my response in the diary for context:

The title for one thing: jihad.com...

Then the part where he started the story saying that the rise of Al Qaeda in Afghanistan was being fueled by the internet. Then the part where he said Cheney was a target only because of the rapid flow of information that was possible on the internet and then the part where he said that maybe Cheney wasn't the target. But still essentially suggested that had it not been for the internet that attack might not have taken place.

That is what she - me - reacted to.

I reacted to the fact that this story is an obvious attempt at deflecting the real sources of failure and probably offers the added bonus of convincing Americans that internet freedoms should be limited to protect against terrorism.