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Amazing how people from other countries
find the United States a haven to make big bucks, lots of moolah,
but in the same breath criticize her to no end.
Case in point, Ashleigh Banfield from the far
from fledging MSNBC. Ashleigh was the guest speaker at the Kansas
State University last week, and took the opportunity to unload
mercilessly on American television news coverage.
“They didn’t show the Marines firing
their M16s and the damage they caused” she whined. Ashleigh
felt especially irritated by the “gung ho” attitude
of certain news networks displaying the flag during their newscasts.
She was offended by that display of patriotism by journalists.
I guess Banfield was referring to the Fox News Network, the only
fair and balanced TV news network in the world.
Banfield complained she wasn’t allowed
to present the concerns of Hamas and the Palestinians, and their
beef with Israel. This Canadian sensation was called a slut on
the air by MSNBC’s Michael Savage. Banfield claims Savage
called her that because she “dared to speak to martyrs who
were prepared to sacrifice themselves.” Notice the terminology,
martyrs? Must be something in the water in Canada, ever notice
how Peter Jennings at ABC is the same way? Poor Peter has not
smiled since we kicked Saddam’s backside. Peter took it personal.
Not to single out Canada, we should mention
New Zealand native Peter Arnett. Peter is now synonymous with
the phrase ‘Yellow Journalism’ for his pro-Iraqi reporting
of the First Gulf War, his falsified ‘Agent Orange’
story which provoked his dismissal from CNN and the overtly anti-American
interview he recently gave to the Iraqis.
Advice for Ashleigh, Peter and Peter; if you
don’t like it here, get out. And in the words of the Late
Lewis Grizzard, ‘Delta is Ready When You Are…’
That's
how I see it!
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Webb's
World ~ 04/30/2003
