Media Rule #37: Feign Outrage Over Frivolous Story, Ignore Truly Appalling Stuff
General Myers reportedly stated this week that the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are straining the military. The media is making this out to be some kind of shocking news story. Ummm...it's war. I think it would be much more shocking if the headline read:
War A "Fucking Cake-Walk", Says Myers.
I mean, come on. There are plenty of stories out there to get worked up over, let's not get carried away by straightforward assessments, okay? A more worthy headline might be...oh, I don't know:
New "Democratic" Iraqi Government Filled With Thugs Formerly On CIA Payroll. Americans Outraged...By Bullshit Runaway Bride Story. Way To Go, Morons.
Er, I am possibly not the most concise headline writer.
I've also been irritated this week by all of the junk I've been getting through e-mail, most of it advertising "penis enlargement". I'm too insecure to deal with this sort of thing, I mean...what have they heard? Do they know something? Has someone been talking? Look, Marco, I know things at the office party got a little...weird, but I thought that was between you and me! Besides, it was totally innocent...we had a few drinks, shared a few laughs, we drank more, you ended up in a dress and a ball-gag. These things happen!
War A "Fucking Cake-Walk", Says Myers.
I mean, come on. There are plenty of stories out there to get worked up over, let's not get carried away by straightforward assessments, okay? A more worthy headline might be...oh, I don't know:
New "Democratic" Iraqi Government Filled With Thugs Formerly On CIA Payroll. Americans Outraged...By Bullshit Runaway Bride Story. Way To Go, Morons.
Er, I am possibly not the most concise headline writer.
I've also been irritated this week by all of the junk I've been getting through e-mail, most of it advertising "penis enlargement". I'm too insecure to deal with this sort of thing, I mean...what have they heard? Do they know something? Has someone been talking? Look, Marco, I know things at the office party got a little...weird, but I thought that was between you and me! Besides, it was totally innocent...we had a few drinks, shared a few laughs, we drank more, you ended up in a dress and a ball-gag. These things happen!
posted by Samwick @ 9:13 AM
1 Comments:
At 1:01 PM,
Christopher said…
Have you thought of the possibility that the concern being expressed by the US military that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are straining the resources of the US military, may simply be a ruse to make the insurgents think they are winning, and so will back off?
You see, the Bush administration could well be telling the truth, which is that the insurgents are on their last legs, that the troops of the Coalition of the Willing are winning everywhere, and that Iraq is about to become a peaceful nation of pipe-smoking Jeffersonian democrats.
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