MSNBC and the Iraq Civil War…
I see that I wasn’t alone. Howard Kurtz got the same feeling I did yesterday about MSNBC and the Iraq Civil War. (via TVNewser)
So Lauer and NBC deserve some credit, I suppose, for dropping the qualifiers, even though the semantic debate is basically a sideshow to the main act of sectarian violence that has been spiraling out of control for many months now. The way that MSNBC pounded the linguistic issue all day, though, seemed to carry a whiff of self-congratulation.
And yet NBC or MSNBC won’t called Hizballah a terrorist group. Go figure.
Comment by eddiebear — November 28, 2006 @ 5:55 pm
This quote really got me laughing:
“Civil War:” MSNBC “Seemed To Carry A Whiff Of Self-Congratulation”
“It’s official. Secretary of State Matt Lauer says Iraq is in a civil war. Along with the rest of NBC News,” Howard Kurtz wrote this morning.
The way they were going on about it all day was hilarious! And petty. And pathetic. But hilarious at the same time; if that’s possible.
Comment by erljr — November 28, 2006 @ 7:07 pm
So Dan Abrams can barely run a third-rate cable news network, but he’s qualified to make judgments that could affect foreign and domestic policy and international relations? Right…
Comment by Caufield — November 29, 2006 @ 1:11 pm
Dan Abrams for VP in 08 .Only kidd’in
Comment by mike — November 29, 2006 @ 11:45 pm