While killing time in the hospital ER waiting room (an elderly church member fell in his garage and whacked his head ans was getting checked out), I watched Fox News, which aired a spot on the "outrage" spawned by a remark by Ann Coulter. She apparently had the audacity to use a word that centuries ago referred to a bound bundle of firewood, and her comment was apparently taken out of its larger context to generate the "outrage" the news was now reporting.
The same segment contrasted the liberal left-wing brouhaha--which apparently originated with John Edwards' preseidential campaign committee which used the opportunity to kick-off a fundraiser for Edwards' campaign--with the stunning silence from these same camps regarding Bill Maher's alleged wish that someone assasinate Vice President Dick Cheney!
I checked several online news sites--CNN, MSNBC, USAToday, Washington Post--and none carried one word about Bill Maher's comment, but all except the Post carried at least one article that touted the apparent "universal outrage" with Ms. Coulter.
So it seems okay for Democrats to lob serious armament against the Republicans (free press and free speech is guaranteed by the Constitution, after all); but just let someone from the Republican camp toss a grenade that spotlights the absurdity of "politically correctness," watch out!
05 March 2007
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MSNBC carried an article about the Maher thing. You can catch Maher's actual comments on YouTube. I believe Maher was wrong -- but so was Coulter. They both crossed over a line.
Fox also did a story on the Maher thing, but attempted to blame it on Edwards by some subtle editing. What did Edwards have to do with the Maher story? Finally, after complaints, Fox fixed the story -- and had no need for even a small picture of Edwards, let alone the huge one they used.
I'm disgusted with Maher, Coulter, and Fox.
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