RitchieWoman (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} ritchiewoman) wrote,@ 2004-03-26 01:25:00 |
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I've been reading too much!
That is why I haven't written all week. See, Jase got Richard Clarke's book the first day it was available, and though I am supposed to be reading Under the Banner of Heaven, I am instead addicted to Against All Enemies.
Throughout the last 3 years, I have had a feeling that I have never experienced before - and I've had it many many times. It's best described as what Jase and I refer to as WTF - a What the Fuck? moment. This administration have lied to us, in several different ways, on several different issues, and then they think we're stupid enough to believe them. I spent my evening break not working on my novel or doing yoga. Instead I spent it trolling through Factiva - a news database we use for work - looking at all news articles written from 1/20/2001 to 9/10/2001 looking for any mention of President Bush acknowledging terrorism. I haven't found any yet. I'm pretty sure I won't.
Another WTF - Fox News. I cannot understand why sane individuals choose to go on that network. We watch it a lot in our house, because Jase likes to check out the enemy. And here's my conclusion on Fox - people need to stop treating them as if they are a viable news agency. They need to treat them like most people treat the National Enquirer. Don't humor them, people. This isn't real news. This is total propaganda. Dude - what country is this? When Fox News is leaked a confidential news briefing of Richard Clarke speaking on behalf of his boss, the President, and the same network that takes the White House leak and broadcasts it, then accuses Clarke of lying - dude, this is a definite WTF. The White House gave it to Fox and told them who the anonymous source was. Fair and balanced? I'd say Unfair and Compromised up the Ass. Clarke was asked by the Bush administration to spin the story to the reporter. He did his job, and now the White House who asked him to spin it are slipping it to Fox as proof that he's a liar. Only Fox grabbed it because no reputable news source would.
Richard Clarke is a hero. He is the first person who had the balls to apologize to the families of September 11. He isn't speaking out because he wants a job with the next administration or wants to sell his books. He's speaking out - he wrote this book - because he couldn't sleep at night knowing that President Bush was running on an anti-terrorism message. He is doing the right thing. It's rare. It's history.
That is why I haven't written all week. See, Jase got Richard Clarke's book the first day it was available, and though I am supposed to be reading Under the Banner of Heaven, I am instead addicted to Against All Enemies.
Throughout the last 3 years, I have had a feeling that I have never experienced before - and I've had it many many times. It's best described as what Jase and I refer to as WTF - a What the Fuck? moment. This administration have lied to us, in several different ways, on several different issues, and then they think we're stupid enough to believe them. I spent my evening break not working on my novel or doing yoga. Instead I spent it trolling through Factiva - a news database we use for work - looking at all news articles written from 1/20/2001 to 9/10/2001 looking for any mention of President Bush acknowledging terrorism. I haven't found any yet. I'm pretty sure I won't.
Another WTF - Fox News. I cannot understand why sane individuals choose to go on that network. We watch it a lot in our house, because Jase likes to check out the enemy. And here's my conclusion on Fox - people need to stop treating them as if they are a viable news agency. They need to treat them like most people treat the National Enquirer. Don't humor them, people. This isn't real news. This is total propaganda. Dude - what country is this? When Fox News is leaked a confidential news briefing of Richard Clarke speaking on behalf of his boss, the President, and the same network that takes the White House leak and broadcasts it, then accuses Clarke of lying - dude, this is a definite WTF. The White House gave it to Fox and told them who the anonymous source was. Fair and balanced? I'd say Unfair and Compromised up the Ass. Clarke was asked by the Bush administration to spin the story to the reporter. He did his job, and now the White House who asked him to spin it are slipping it to Fox as proof that he's a liar. Only Fox grabbed it because no reputable news source would.
Richard Clarke is a hero. He is the first person who had the balls to apologize to the families of September 11. He isn't speaking out because he wants a job with the next administration or wants to sell his books. He's speaking out - he wrote this book - because he couldn't sleep at night knowing that President Bush was running on an anti-terrorism message. He is doing the right thing. It's rare. It's history.
