Mark Steyn: ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO BURY

National Post (via SteynOnline) ^ | 4/17/03 | Mark Steyn

[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.

[BkBinder]

LOL...that was my first thought, too....

[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.

[dts32041]

than a frontal lobotomy.

Existential Blues

Tom “T-Bone” Stankus

[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.

[IncPen]

steyn ping

[FreeperinRATcage]

Fah...just keep with the basics...see the tag line.

[lainde]

Steyn!!!!!

[nicmarlo]

But some of us will remember these buried stories of the media’s insulation from reality: the network that traded lives for access, the paper that claimed Bush was waging a “war on women” but couldn’t find 50 women to support its own resistance movement. I’d argue that Howell Raines’ epic campaign was all chiefs and not enough Indians. But of course you can’t say that in the Times...

Many of us will NEVER FORGET, not the buried stories, not the innocent lives, not the blood of our troops. Not me.

[beckett]

But some of us will remember...

Right on Marko. Some of us will remember.

[litany_of_lies]

"Compromised News Network," "Cowardly News Network," or "Can't-Tell News Network" are all pretty good monikers.

If we ever find out how much CNN has sold out to the intimidation of the Palestinians, Michael Savage's "Crescent News Network" tag will be proven accurate.

[patricia]

Thanks for the ping.

[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.