Thursday, March 22, 2012

Besides being born Islamic, President Obama, and Al-Qaeda leader Osama agree on which networks are most supportive of their world views

Excerpt:
Washington Post columnist David Ignatius returned to his scoop last week that American-born al-Qaeda adviser Adam Gadahn counseled Osama bin Laden about how to handle an anniversary video for the 10th anniversary of 9/11. "Gadahn hated Fox News (“falls into the abyss”); he liked MSNBC but complained about the firing of Keith Olbermann." (snip) In his previous column on al-Qaeda documents captured in the U.S. raid that killed bin Laden, Ignatius reported Gadahn advised on the 9/11 ten-year video: “It should be sent for example to ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN and maybe PBS and VOA. As for Fox News let her die in her anger,” Gadahn wrote. At another point, he said of the networks: “From a professional point of view, they are all on one level — except [Fox News] channel, which falls into the abyss as you know, and lacks objectivity, too.” What an unintended boost for Fox, which can now boast that it is al-Qaeda’s least favorite network. As James Taranto noted, "Osama and Obama were very different, but it turns out they had similar views about the media."
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