The CBS Ambush (scumbag MSM alert)

Strategy Page ^ | 9/20/06 | Bay

[pabianice]

What assholes.

[ClearCase_guy]

Perhaps some day the terrorists will go so far that even the Democrats and the media would decide to work in favor of the US.

Imagine how strong our country could be, if we were united in a fight for civilization.

[chimera]

I don't give a crap about the "Arab street". Those bloodthirsty barbarians were dancing in that same "street" on 9/11. I say they should all go to hell and rot there.

[avg_freeper]

Posted here:

The CBS Ambush

Good article though.

I also like "Iraq The Model"'s view:

When will we be ready to accept criticism?

(excerpt)

...One friend reminded me of the assassination attempt that targeted the former pope two decades ago wondering what the reaction of the pope was…as we all know he eventually visited the assailant and pardoned him.
No mosques were blown up and no speech of a clash of civilizations was made.
So why don't we admit that the "other" is better than us at responding rationally when criticized? Why don't we learn from others?
When we closed our ears to anything that doesn't match our beliefs and refused all criticism wasn’t that enough reason for the deterioration of our civilization? ...

[wayoverontheright]

I believe this tactic is beginning to backfire. It has become tedious to the most important audience in this macabre play, THE AMERICAN STREET, staged or not.

The enemy, instead of appearing inhumanly powerful, comes off juvenile and quite vulnerable, by reacting as they do to mere words and pictures. The whole idea of the suicide mission is to instill abject fear; how can we cower to the same people who we see on TV reacting with infantile hissy-fits?

[SamuraiScot]

An imprudent quote by a man on a global podium? Yes -- particularly since popes blessed several sword-bearing Crusades.

Huh? Imprudent? Horsecrap. It's imprudent not to speak the truth.

And you have a problem with the Crusades—that is, taking back territories, such as Jerusalem, put to the sword by jihad gangs? I don't. I do have a problem with wimps like you trying to avoid offending gangsters. It can't be done. The offense is always pretended—an excuse to justify doing the stuff they're yearning to do anyway.

And in this case, the gangsters are such losers anyway. Trying to be "prudent" in this situation is delusional.

[frogjerk]

An imprudent quote by a man on a global podium? Yes -- particularly since popes blessed several sword-bearing Crusades.

Sword bearing Crusades that saved Europe from the Islamo-Nazis.

[SamuraiScot]

By the way, by "you," I meant the writer of the piece, not you. Sorry!

[montyspython]

Why is this a surprise? Same tactics were employed during the Balkan conflicts, sensationalism devoid of facts with the intent of molding public opinion. The MSMs count on public ignorance to insure their agenda comes across as legitimate.

[Enchante]

"Perhaps some day the terrorists will go so far that even the Democrats and the media would decide to work in favor of the US. Imagine how strong our country could be, if we were united in a fight for civilization."

Sadly, many of us thought that 9/11 would (finally) be such a threshold moment that would awaken the Demagogic left to the perils faced by civilization under assault from Islamo-fascists ..... or the bombings in Bali, Madrid, London, etc..... or the unspeakable depravity of Beslan......but it's become clear that nothing short of nuclear warheads exploding (heaven forbid!!!) in US cities has any chance of getting through the to raving lunkheads of the DBM and the Demagogic Party.

[PEACE ENFORCER]

"Imagine how strong our country could be, if we were united in a fight for civilization."

Imagine how strong our country would be if you could fire a "Magic Bullet" in the air that pass through the head of EVERY LIBERAL (COMMUNIST SOCIALIST BACKWARD THINKING LAWMAKER & SUPPORTER OF THIS LUNACY) you may not have too much "breaking fake news" but the country would instantaneously get better " over night ".

[Dunstan McShane]

...but it's become clear that nothing short of nuclear warheads exploding (heaven forbid!!!) in US cities has any chance of getting through the to raving lunkheads of the DBM and the Demagogic Party.

I honestly wonder if even that would do the job. After the initial shock and horror, how long would it be before both the Democrats and the media would ooze back into the "It's all America's (and especially Bush's) fault" knee-jerk? Once one has acquired the habit of willed stupidity and deliberate obliviousness--and especially when both are powered by a large fund of unreasoning hatred--it's pretty hard to break.

It would also mean having to admit that one completely wrong, all along.

[jan in Colorado]

THE ENEMEDIA

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Here'e my preferred image of the "arab street":

[GOPJ]

Executing a CBS ambush requires the implicit cooperation of sensationalist media -- media that delight in emotional slights and rarely probe beyond the superficial. Until that implicit cooperation ends, the Islamo-fascists will continue to exploit this productive stratagem, achieving propaganda victories designed to ignite a "clash of civilizations" and brutally intimidate their Muslim and non-Muslim opposition.

You're right, what as_holes.

[khnyny]

The following thread follows the media manipulations of recent events:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1703870/posts

BBC, NY Times and Guardian Appear to Have Stage-Managed Muslim Anti-Pope Hatred

[anymouse]

This has been going on for a while and was parodied in this classic movie circa 1982.

The problem is that the parody and reality have become indistinguishable.

[weegee]

Media Schadenfreude and Media Shenanigans PING

[weegee]

This is not the first time the media has fanned the flames of war.

There is a term for this. Yellow journalism.

And the Hezbollah terrorists' "victory" over Israel was a prime example.

The "impartial" media is anything BUT.

[sonic109]

I agree my friend. I NEVER gave 2 flying craps about Muslims long before 9/1 . I dont give 2 damns about them now eithe r. Who the hell cares what some uneducated , 7th century throwbacks think about ANYTHING. They are the scumof the earth who contribute nothing to the planet . screw them