[The Hon. Galahad Threepwood]

I find it hard to believe that there's a Steyn column that no one before me has posted, but I did do a search.

But one should never underestimate the seductive power of inertia in human affairs. Now that the war is won, the pressure to plaster over the cracks and return to the way we were is enormous - and not just vis a vis the UN, France, etc. In the media, that means CNN’s disgusting relationship with Saddam will be forgotten and, instead of a deserved instant collapse, they’ll merely resume their remorseless genteel decline. Despite its own risible coverage of the war, The New York Times will continue to be the dominant influence on a self-regarding media elite that often seems to know less of the American hinterland than it does of the remoter parts of Kurdistan.

And that's the way it is....

[Pokey78]

I checked earlier (Nat. Post & Telegraph) and found nothing. I figured he was off on vacation.

Steyn ping.

[Lurker]

"Feeling awful about having stories bottled up inside you is better than being in Saddam’s dungeon having bottles up inside you."

I'd rather have a bottle in front of me....

L

[MEG33]

And that is sad but true.

[EternalVigilance]

Scathingly wonderful piece from the Master Scather himself.

[sarasmom]

bttt

[Rummyfan]

Sometimes the pieces in the National Post are not available on-line till the next day.

Thanks for the ping!

Happy Easter!

[Rockpile]

The Old Gray Streetwalker---not Burk, I mean the Times---tried so very hard to make a bogieman out of Johnson and just proved herself to be a howelling joke instead. What a hoot.

[xm177e2]

I like the counter-slogans doing the rounds on talk-radio: “No Blood For News”.

That's not a good slogan, people bleed for news all the time (like Michael Kelly). And the whole complaint is that CNN isn't reporting the news. "No Blood for Access" is a better slogan.

[beckett]

But some of us will remember...

Right on Marko. Some of us will remember.

[Maynerd]

Steyn is brillian as usual.

[Mr. Mulliner]

Not only do you have marvelous taste in screen names, you also have wonderful taste in writers. Mark Steyn is a fave of mine.

[Gothmog]

Bump for later reading

[MeekOneGOP]

Steyn hit the nail on the head here !:

CNN’s slogan is “The Most Trusted Name In News”, which rings a little hollow now. I like the counter-slogans doing the rounds on talk-radio: “No Blood For News”.

Or for Access, etc. CNN's slide will continue alright ! FOX News rules the Roost and will for some time now !

[WaterDragon]

Thanks for making sure this one got posted. It's a treasure!

"...the network that traded lives for access.."

The arrogance of deliberately telling us lies, day after day, then admitting doing so but without remorse or promise never to do it again.....really, you'd have to be mentally challenged, severely, to tune in to CNN for 'news.' And that includes going to their website. I am not mentally challenged, thank God.

[Gritty]

What? CNN and The New York Times are still in business?

The should re-name them Fairy Tales For Liberals!

[Dog Gone]

Wow, he whacked both CNN and the NY Times in the same piece. That makes for some enjoyable reading.

[Tribune7]

ping

[Utah Girl]

Mark Steyn ping

[GOPJ]

Says it all...

Once the terms of doing business with Saddam were clear, they should have got out. But CNN willingly conceded the right to report any news for what it saw as the far more valuable right to be allowed to continue to appear as if it were reporting the news.

[sarasmom]

Undeterred, Ms Burk is now threatening to move on from “live” protests to a campaign of commercial pressure on Augusta’s corporate associates, like Coca-Cola. "Let's sum it up this way: Round one ended with a protest with placards," she says. "Round two begins with a protest through the pocketbook." If all 40 of her supporters"

The current total of membership for the NOW makes the news far more often than any decent sized Neighborhood Watch Group.
Hmmmm.