al Qaeda and Mainstream Media Hug It Out Together
As I mentioned earlier, al Qaeda is nothing without the mainstream American media to prop them up and help them win the hearts and minds of greater Marin County. But now it comes out that in the face of massive circulation decline, the mainstream American media is in bad shape without al Qaeda. More ink equals more blood, claim two economists who say that newspaper coverage of terrorist incidents…
Los Angeles Times Downplays Bush's Iraq Visit
You'd think that President Bush's surprise visit to Iraq would warrant a big front-page headline in one of the country's largest newspapers. Yet today's print edition of the Los Angeles Times (Wednesday, June 14, 2006) blares the headline, "Crackdown Underway in Baghdad." A reference to the surprise visit is relegated to the sub-headline, and only a tiny 1.75" x 2" photo of President Bush and…
Bozell Column: No TV Time For Heroism And Victories
Our media today seem absolutely allergic to good news, especially when it comes to Iraq. In the early morning of June 8, the story broke that American forces had killed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, our most infamous terrorist enemy in Iraq. This was terrific news, a time for rejoicing in America. A man who viciously caused the death of thousands, and killed Americans like Nicholas Berg by personally…
