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12/17/2001 "Well, after two months of war in Afghanistan the U.S. acknowledged today it has no senior Al Qaeda members in custody. And the Deputy Defense Secretary, Paul Wolfowitz, who you saw a moment ago, said U.S. Forces will face a long and a hard job of routing out both the Taliban and the Al Qaeda leadership. The campaign now extends beyond the borders of Afghanistan." - December 10 introduction to a World News Tonight story. So . . . although, after only two months of war, the Taliban has been expelled from governmental power in Afghanistan and many Al Qaeda soldiers (pronounced "terrorists") have been killed or otherwise put out of commission, Jennings recommends that we stress over the fact that we haven't captured the senior leadership of Al Qaeda. Never mind that many pundits suggested that, like other armies before us, Afghanistan would be our graveyard and we'd be mired there for years. Never mind that many of the Al Qaeda leadership are scattered about in other countries or that some could be masquerading as common foot soldiers in collections of POW's that haven't been sorted out yet. Here's another example of Jennings' catastrophizing on another subject: "When we come back we'll go on to some of the other news today: The Federal Reserve cuts interest rates again. We'll report tonight on the crushing effects this will have on some retirements." The story that followed examined lower earnings from interest for retirees. Certainly this is an unpleasant aspect of lower overall interest rates, but lower interest earnings have been something that savers have dealt with for several years now. In the mean time, lower interest rates have helped many afford those ultra-big ticket items - houses, cars, travel, setting up a business. Things just haven't been going Peter Jennings way. The Bush administration doesn't ask "How high?" when the media says "Jump!" The terrorist attacks of September 11 have brought about a sense of unity and determination from the American public that the liberal media doesn't know how to handle. The American people support the president and the war on terrorism. And worst of all, viewers are voting with their remotes. No wonder Peter Jennings sounds depressed. Undoutedly, this negative spin on the news is an attempt to worry audiences into seeing things from the standard liberal point of view. Once again, the liberals have nothing to offer but scare tactics. Let's inform Peter Jennings and his bosses that we will not buy the negative spin. Here is the contact information: ABC ABC World News Tonight Contact Page Owner of ABC: Read more here: MRC CyberAlert, 12/11/01, #1 When you feel your personal media bias tolerance gauge rising into the red zone, don't throw stuff at the TV screen! Send your suggestion to outrage@fairpress.org! Each week, one hideous example of media bias will be selected for closer examination. Hmmmmmm . . .
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