[shibumi]

Wayne Madsen appears, after reading his article, to have a serious jealousy problem with Michael Crichton. After all, here he is, doing a "Guest Columnist" piece for a newspaper in a second tier market, while his subject is writing prophetic novels, directing and producing movies, has the hit series ER under his belt (along with his two degrees from Harvard) and is doing quite well, thank you.

I suspect his venom toward Murdoch stems from not being able to be in Murdoch's employ. Shills usually do so for financial gain. I wonder if Madsen is looking for employment with one of the MSM outlets, or maybe Air America.

[superskunk]

Good analysis. Should've figured that one out myself. If it isn't leftist ideology, then it must be either money or professional envy.

He's an annoying little man, but I hope he sets his sights a little higher than Air America. They are still on the air in some areas, aren't they?