Thank you all for keeping this story alive. Every time I tell one of my colleagues about what happened in Norman, OK last weekend, their mouth drops open, and I hear, “I can’t believe I haven’t heard about this. That’s huge.”
It is huge, and a major part of the story, now, is the near totality of the news blackout.
How can that happen, today, with our much-vaulted independent press? Some speculations.
A. The Ministry of Truth said, “Spike it”. There may have been some of this, but I doubt that anyone in this administration would be able to get CNN to spike a story, especially if they had the will to go with it the first place. However, the Ministry of Truth can shut down all sources of reliable information, and they certainly have done that.
B. The Ministry of Football said, “Spike it”. This may be the largest component. I can imagine people at OU calling various MSM Sports Directors, not News Directors, and saying, “Are you sure you want to kill the fall football season?” This probably accounts for most of the alphabet networks and perhaps FOX.
C. “Who cares about flyover country?” I can see NYT, WaPo, LATimes thinking, “Yeah, and we don’t report it when Fred Ziffle falls into a combine, either”.
D. Why so little coverage on talk radio? Two words: Micheal Graham. Everyone here knows, once the subject come up, what the first call will be about. The second call will be from CAIR, and it won’t be to the screener.
E. There’s no angle into “All the news that fits our agenda”. It simply doesn’t hurt the President. In fact, especially if Hinrichs turns out to be little Johnny Jihad, people would again rally around the flag and his numbers might go up. We can’t have that, can we?
Note to future jihadi-wannabees: Put on a “George Bush hates black people” t-shirt, drive to the stadium in an SUV, and charge in with an assault rifle. You’ll get more press.
Very well stated and I think your analysis is correct. After watching the interview with the Father, I have become totally convinced that there is an agenda at play. I think your comments about football season are totall true.
Bizarre response by the MSM is all I can say. Our local media is frustrated by lack of "on the record" comments.
Boren should have kept his mouth shut because his comments are not flying well. Maybe Tenent advised him since they are such good buddies.
Good points, but remember: If you shine too much light on roaches they will scatter and hide. It's more effective to dim the lights and set out some Roach Motels.