[antimedia] antimedia: Mark Steyn published a great article today....

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Posted by antimedia:
Mark Steyn published a great article today....
http://www.antimedia.us/posts/1147665018.shtml


   ....that [1]nails the media and the left and exposes their cynical
   game.

     So there are now two basic templates in terrorism media coverage:
     Template A (note to editors: to be used after every terrorist
     atrocity): "Angry family members, experts and opposition
     politicians demand to know why complacent government didn't connect
     the dots."
     Template B (note to editors: to be used in the run-up to the next
     terrorist atrocity): "Shocking new report leaked to New York Times
     for Pulitzer Prize Leak Of The Year Award nomination reveals that
     paranoid government officials are trying to connect the dots! See
     pages 3,4,6,7,8, 13-37."

   Precisely. All you have to do is keep moving the goalposts back and
   forth and your opponent is forced to constantly defend himself from
   baseless accusations.
   It works perfectly....until the [DEL: rubes :DEL] readers get hip to
   the game.

References

   1. http://www.suntimes.com/output/steyn/cst-edt-steyn14.html