Keith Olbermann skewers the instantly-infamous Fox memo -- the one in which Fox reporters are directed to push the ludicrous idea that Iraqi insurgents cheered the Democratic congressional victory. Five points:
1. KO reports that, within hours of this memo, Fox did indeed make the claim of cheering insurgents. Did the network present any video? Any evidence of any sort? Nope. I very much doubt whether the street-level fighters in Iraq know or care which American political party is which.
2. Outfoxed director Robert Greenwald, interviewed in this segment, strongly hints that the same source which made this memo available will soon bring forth a further cache.
3. Remember my post (scroll down) on the possible "double meanings" in Rumsfeld's resignation speech? The Fox memo adds a further hint of a Defense Secretary at war with his president. Actually, it offers something stronger than a hint:
Rumsfeld had a previous speaking engagement in Kansas. He ought to be in a fine mood. Can one fake smile hide that much frustration?Dubya got ya all frustrated, Donnie? They say confession is good for the soul. So is payback.
4. To my eyes, the most startling statement in the memo was this parting shot: "Just beause Dems won, the war on terror isnt' over." The implication being that Democrats want to give terrorists a free pass. This lunatic claim appears in an internal memo -- which means that the propagandists must believe their own bull plop.
5. Rupert stands revealed, once more, as this country's answer to Josef Goebbels. Why, then, is he publishing (via his Harper Collins imprint) the new "O.J. confesses" book? Is money the sole motive?
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"Just because Dems won, the war on terror isnt' over."
I interpret that statement differently. Just as the character Borat calls it America's War of terrorism" (like pundits quipped about Newt Gingrich's Contract on America), I think Rumsfeld, Cheney, et al, cynically recognize themselves as the real terrorists, and are proclaiming that they are determined to pursue their objective of terrorizing the world, including their fellow Americans, despite the inclination of the Dems to put that activity to a swift closure.
ewastud, i do too. but not quite so conspiratorially as you do.
the repugs believe the war on terror is real, or at least their little soldiers do. i'm reminded of the hype glenn beck's scare show on islam last night got on, of all places, airamericaradio ads! they dumped a lot of ad dough into airamerica's bank account to push that piece of propaganda; go figure.
they apparently think that american's believe the dems will instantly end this 'war' on terror. it's stupid, but logically explains that line. the fact that they have taken up this banner to fight the war on terror at home with such religious vigor is actually scarier than the cynicism of our leaders who know more of the score (but i would also submit, mostly believe their own myths).
as for rummy, that is the mystery. rumor has it that rove will stay on despite his catastrophic defeat last week because 'he knows too much.' same must be true of rummy.
i'm betting someone from rummy's camp leaks something really nasty and perverse about gates just in time for his senate hearings.
even if that doesn't happen, consider the lose-lose situation the senate is in. of course we all want rummy gone, but gates is no real improvement, designed as he is to quell the mutiny in the military ranks. talk about the lesser of two evils.
and of course, the overarching nightmare of faux snooze. sure, money drives it. fox network i believe is also producing some show about OJ in addition to the book. they're desperate; they really are losing viewers, advertisers, money. and it was a money-losing enterprise to begin with. i remember reading a while ago that murdoch had initially offered ad time for such low rates just to get started that advertisers wouldn't really let him raise prices too much. even in its heyday, fox never commanded the ad rates that any of the other networks did.
so much for good business foresight. this is what being narrow-minded gets ya.
For want of a better term, I call it "Celebrity Dis-info":
Robert Blake
Michael Jackson
Kobe Bryant
"Borat"
and now O.J. again.
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