Wouldn't It Be Nice?

From Jessica McBride:

Wouldn't it be nice if the American news media showed just a fraction of concern over terrorists that it shows about bird flu, Y2K, good looking missing blonde white women, and sharks? Maybe instead of being alarmist about all of the above, as well as privacy concerns, the media could start being a little more alarmist about the terrorist attacks that could result if we don't do a better job connecting the dots than we did before 9/11. If you're an American in this country, the message you're getting from the media is that you have a lot more to fear from birds and sharks than terrorists. Otherwise, why are the media so determined to dismantle and call to question, in misleading fashion, everything Pres. Bush has done to try to crackdown on terrorists.

Also, if the media are so upset about privacy concerns, why don't they write more alarmist stories about government databases used to run background checks on people legally buying guns in this country? Why don't they advocate the disbanding of the IRS? They might also argue against caller ID.

Comments

[Woody]

You left off global cooling and global warming.