October 29, 2004
Fox: I Report, You Decide
filed under: Stuff to be pissed off aboutSo foxnews.com takes the AP story on the Bin Laden tape, and appends this to the end:
Retired Lt. Col. Bill Cowen, a FOX News military analyst, said bin Laden timed the tape deliberately."I think he's just trying to slap the president around a little bit and in my opinion is trying to influence the election," Cowen said.
Cowen said that while the tape showed that the most wanted terrorist was still at large, it also should be seen in another light.
"This tape is also a reminder of how we've decimated the top Al Qaeda leadership," Cowen said. "It took us 20 years to find Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber, right here in the United States."
What the F*** is that even supposed to MEAN? Bin Laden appearing, 3 years after 9/11, hale and hearty and sending messages to the world, is a reminder of "how we've decimated the top Al Qaeda leadership"?! They're not even making sense any more.
Side note: it's sad as hell that the first person to adequately refute Bush's "they hate our freedoms" nonsense is... Bin Laden. I can't believe this man actually cracked a joke: "If Bush says we hate freedom, let him tell us why we didn't attack Sweden..." Fucking comedian, this guy.
Would someone please, please, please tell me why this motherfucker is still alive?
No, wait, don't. I think I know.
I guess we had somewhere else we had to be.
Posted by rjt at October 29, 2004 05:24 PMI'm doing stand in work at ABC right now for the elections. We watched Peter Jennings do the live report of the tape, and listened as it was translated on the fly. . . I can't believe how badly Fox News is treating it. Oh well. Not really a surprise anymore. They blow.
Hey, you know DeVore? I just met him the other night - he's awesome!
Posted by: Schwa at October 29, 2004 06:19 PMIt's a small ass world, and I'm convinced DeVore is somewhere near the center of it...
If you have any observations or insights from the ABC stint, email 'em to me, I'd love to post them!