June 29, 2005
Nailing it down
Something was different about NPR at 5 AM this morning. There was an actual analysis (rather than simple "unbiased reporting") of George W.'s speech on Iraq last night. The listener was told the number of times he invoked 9/11 as justification for this war. In addition we were reminded that 9/11 and the invasion of Iraq had no connection, AND that the administration had actually admitted that fact sometime ago. Something has changed, what's up?
Since Ken Tomlinson has taken the lead at PBS and is, as far as I'm concerned, going about the neocon mission of stomping out the last vestiges of truth in the media, I have been generally disappointed by news analysis on NPR. In an effort be unbiased, they have avoided the kind of broadcast that I heard this morning.
Are folks over at NPR taking unusual risks, going for broke before they are put out to pasture by classical music programming? Have they been inspired by Bill Moyers? Have W's ratings dropped so far that it is finally not considered an act of treason to notice the flaws in his statements, the delusions in his thinking, his lies?
Sniff sniff. Is that fresh air I'm smelling? If this continues, I'll be able to listen to an entire broadcast without spitting toothpaste on my radio.
Photo note: This is the cartridge from a nail gun retrieved from the roof by a loved one who knows my penchant for the photogenic object. The ominous black shadow in the lower left hand corner, obscured by the black background, is my stuck shutter, which fortunately corrected itself after some ginger jostling.