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Friday, November 06, 2009

Anybody watch Friday's edition of ABC's World News?

It was 100% about the Fort Hood shooting. Nothing else was covered.

On a day when unemployment hit hew highs and other events had taken place in Congress and throughout the nation.

A comprehensive news program should have covered several stories, not just one. If there is a lot to say about the Fort Hood shooting, that should be part of a special later that night (say in the 20/20 or Nightline slot).

posted by Quiddity at 11/06/2009 08:39:00 PM

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It's almost as if the MSM were relieved that they had an excuse to bury the unemployment figures and the health care bill story.

Why would they want to bury those stories?

By Anonymous, at 11/07/2009 7:37 AM

Note that we have another example of the Obama administration not letting a crisis (the Fort Hood massacre) go to waste. They got a health care bill passed (virtually outlawing abortion no less!) that they would ordinarily not be able to because the news media was distracted by a military mass murder.

I've never seen anything like this administration -- where every legitimate national crisis serves as an excuse to ram through some piece of deeply unpopular legislation.

I suppose that the Senate will hold off on voting until there is some other national crisis or tragedy that they can serve as political cover for passing the bill.

By Anonymous, at 11/08/2009 8:57 AM

where every legitimate national crisis serves as an excuse to ram through some piece of deeply unpopular legislation.

where you here when bush rammed through the patriot act and invaded iraq after 9/11?

By Anonymous, at 11/09/2009 1:01 AM