CJR Online’s Thomas Lang today under the headline “John Madden Infiltrates FOX News” goes overboard in criticizing the telestrating ability of FOX military analyst retired Major General Bob Scales…

But then Scales got marker happy as he talked up “what many people call the so-called cone of uncertainty or Cone of Instability in the region. The idea is to find those seams that Al Qaeda may seek to exploit, not only just to export their brand of terrorism but frankly also, to take over governments, to control the military, the political systems in those nations so they can build another Afghanistan. They can build another sanctuary if you will, in the Muslim areas of Africa.” So watch out, Eastern Hemisphere, you are about to be overrun by the ch-ch-ch-chia Cone of Instability:

Ok so not everybody is an art major with the telestrator. Cut the guy some slack CJR. What he says is far more more germaine (and worthy of examination…either pro or con) than how he illustrates it. Sheesh…