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Thursday, September 07, 2006

DNC/AP Press Release

Frankly, some days I wonder when the AP/al-Reuters, etc started to serve as the DNC's PR firm. Perhaps I wasn't paying attention before.

I love this story, entitled "War Turns Southern Women Away from GOP."

Hillariously, they talk about President Bush's "once solid relationship with Southern women" then quote, at length, a woman who - it then emerges - didn't even vote for Bush in 2004.

In fact, in the entire 800ish word article, they fail to quote even one woman who voted Republican in 2004 and now says that they aren't going to this year.

They quote the first woman - this Knight woman - again, then they find a pair of women, one of whom says she was "lukewarm" for Bush in 2004 and now is undecided and another who says she still supports the President.

Then, I note, they quote another woman who supports the President more strongly.

In other words, in this story, they manage to quote one woman who didn't vote for Bush in the last election, one undecided, and two supporters.

Jackasses. Literally.

posted by Yoshi at 4:56 AM

Sunday, September 03, 2006

Today's Headlines

In an offensive on Sunday, Allied (Canadian-led) forces in Afghanistan managed to kill two hundred Taliban fighters in a single battle. Four Canadians were killed. Tragic though the loss of any Canadian life is, I – and I believe any person with even a passing acquaintance with military history – recognize the battle for what it is: a brilliant and magnificent victory by our much-maligned and put-upon Armed Forces.

So, what are the Canadian headlines?

4 Canadians killed, others wounded in big battle with Taliban (The Calgary Sun)

Canadian soldiers among casualties in major NATO operation in Afghanistan (Canada.com)

3 Canadians soldiers killed (The Toronto Star)

NATO forces in Afghanistan suffer casualties (CTV)

4 Canadians killed, 9 injured in Afghan battle (CBC.ca)

Four Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan (The Globe and Mail)

Four killed (The National Post)

In other words, so far as the media is concerned, if we win we lose and if we lose we lose. One imagines that, if the modern media were transported back to 1944, the headlines on June 7^th would have featured “340 Canadians Killed!” in 144 point type, with an unreadable subheader below reading “Allies Seize French Beachhead, Begin Liberation of Europe.”

This disgraceful, Pravda-worthy distortion of the truth does a grave disservice to the Canadian people and the cause of freedom. It is also an insult to all of the gallant Canadians serving overseas.

posted by Yoshi at 1:46 PM