Hugh Hewitt MEGA PING!!
Fortunately, President Bush did not have to rely on CNN for his knowledge of the last e-mail from David Bloom to his wife."...The president then read from David Bloom's last e-mail home, in which the rising star of NBC wrote to his wife that he cared not much for his professional achievement compared to his love for three things: Jesus, her and their daughters. The audience again expressed approval of the president's tribute.
Moving words by a world leader to a moved audience. But I doubt you saw them on your television or read of them in a prominent place in your paper.
I suspect it was Bloom's reference to Jesus that sealed the decision of the news directors to skip the speech in their broadcasts Sunday..." - Hugh Hewitt
See, for instance, a COMPLETE version of that e-mail in the Star Tribune:The POWER of that quote is somewaht diminished in the CNN version, eh?And from the CNN version - WITHOUT the reference to Jesus:The son of Harold and Laura Bloom of Edina "wasn't just reporting the news, he was telling a story . . . speaking to something inside each of us with his enthusiasm and his boyish charm" said his brother John, also of Edina.
He quoted an e-mail David sent to his wife, Melanie, hours before his death: "I'm supposedly at the peak of professional success and I could frankly [not] care less. In the scheme of things it matters little compared to my relationships with you and the girls and Jesus," he wrote, referring to their daughters, Nicole, Christina and Ava.
Also eulogized by two brothers and his best friend, Bloom was described as a man who had battled personal problems in recent years and was at peace with the prospect of dying in Iraq.
Hours before he died, he wrote an e-mail to Melanie saying the experience of covering the war had transformed him, leading him to realize that nothing mattered more than his relationship with her and their daughters, said his older brother, John Bloom.
He quoted Bloom's last message to his wife: "Here I am, supposedly at the peak of professional success, and I can frankly care less."
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The speeches you never hear:
Hugh Hewitt on elite media's hostile mindset
Excerpt:
This is just another example of an alarming development: For many years now, the herd that is the elite media is developing a mindset both hostile to faith and intent on its silencing. Rarely, if ever, do voices from the community of the religious get a decent hearing, and bookers seem to work overtime to elevate the marginal and marginalize the mainstream. When enormously powerful statements are made about faith, such as the president's remarks or David Bloom's e-mail, they are shunted aside to the cable channels and they may not even see the light there.
This happens again and again. A couple of months ago, the National Security Adviser gave a wonderful address at the National Day of Prayer which addressed her faith and its origins. I played the entire speech and again my audience loved it.
I doubt you heard or read a word of it. Producers seem to have agreed that it couldn't be newsworthy because it addressed matters of faith.
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Interesting but not surprising that CNN edited out the Jesus word.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/04/16/bloom.funeral.ap/
31 posted on 04/17/2003 9:02 PM PDT by Jael (Ye must be born again)