We always dread when an Osama bin Laden tape is released. One of the reasons is that, inevitably, our infantile pundits (on the left and the right) find some unseemly way to link this horrible person — who ordered the deaths of thousands of innocent Americans — to their political opponents.
Tucker Carlson had this to say: “I hate to think of Osama bin Laden reclining in his cave in Waziristan, reading the op-ed page of The New York Times. But, clearly, he is. He’s got every talking point. It’s uncanny.”
Chris Matthews, meanwhile, compared Osama to Michael Moore. Moore, in turn, responded on his Web site with a series of Photoshopped images showing Matthews and bin Laden hanging out like best buddies.
Funny.
Not funny ha-ha. Funny sad.
Media Orchard has met the enemy, and he is us.
Update: To illustrate where this rhetorical arms race leads us, here’s Glenn Greenwald comparing George Bush to Saddam Hussein.
Technorati tags: Osama bin Laden, Michael Moore, Chris Matthews, Tucker Carlson
Osama Tape Brings Out the Worst in Media Pundits
We always dread when an Osama bin Laden tape is released. One of the reasons is that, inevitably, our infantile pundits (on the left and the right) find some unseemly way to link this horrible person — who ordered the deaths of thousands of innocent Americans — to their political opponents.
Tucker Carlson had this to say: “I hate to think of Osama bin Laden reclining in his cave in Waziristan, reading the op-ed page of The New York Times. But, clearly, he is. He’s got every talking point. It’s uncanny.”
Chris Matthews, meanwhile, compared Osama to Michael Moore. Moore, in turn, responded on his Web site with a series of Photoshopped images showing Matthews and bin Laden hanging out like best buddies.
Funny.
Not funny ha-ha. Funny sad.
Media Orchard has met the enemy, and he is us.
Update: To illustrate where this rhetorical arms race leads us, here’s Glenn Greenwald comparing George Bush to Saddam Hussein.
Technorati tags: Osama bin Laden, Michael Moore, Chris Matthews, Tucker Carlson