The Press and Mumbai
It has been noted that the MSM was loath to describe the Mumbai terrorists for what they were - radical Islamists bent on murdering Jews for being Jews, Americans for being American and Brits for being British. This is because the MSMers are largely cowards - offend an Islamist and you might wind up on a videotaped beheading as the guest of honor, offend a Jew and you might be called anti-Semitic in obscure publications. The other reason is that the MSM is deathly afraid of being called to account for their nauseating role in essentially serving as a propaganda distributor for anti-American/anti-western propaganda since 9/11. The latter reason will fade as Obama comes to be more in charge and thus the MSM will feel the need to help him have enemies to battle against, naturally being granted all the patience and reticence the MSM should display towards leaders dealing with complex issues without easy solution…such help, of course, never given to President Bush because, well, Bush is a Republican and that’s all anyone needs to know.
And yet the stark reality remains - Mumbai was attacked for what it is, rather than anything Indians do. It is a highly westernized city, a highly market-orientated city, a city where westerners gather in large numbers to deal with Indians engaging in the global marketplace of goods and ideas. It was, in short, precisely what the Islamists hate - what we are, and they want to punish us for daring to be other than what they are. The MSM is being criminally negligent in not reporting the truth about the situation - and people have died, are dying and will die simply because the MSM - in service to various liberal/left ideologies - simply refuses to tell the truth.
3 comments December 3rd, 2008
