MSM Hearts Three Sizes Too Small
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When Daniel Pearl was kidnapped, the story was heavily covered by Fox News. The same can be said of the kidnapping of Jill Carroll. And what about the time ABC anchor Bob Woodruff and his cameraman, Doug Vogt, were seriously injured by an IED in Iraq? It was reported by Fox News and the kindest good wishes were offered.
But now two Fox News reporters are kidnapped: Steve Centanni and his cameraman Olaf Wiig are taken by gunmen in Gaza. The silence from the MSM is deafening! Shame on the whole evil, envious, black-hearted bunch!
Bob Laurence, a TV critic at the San Diego Union-Tribune, is the epitomy of MSM nastiness as he blames the victims:
I'd like to offer a couple of possible reasons for the lack of attention given to the kidnapping of the two guys from Fox:
One is that, sadly, they are far from the first to be kidnapped, injured or killed. They are, alas, only the most recent two of many. The kidnapping or targeting of journalists in Iraq isn't the story it once was.
Second, Fox has deliberately set itself apart from other news media. Starting at the top with Roger Ailes, the Fox sales pitch has been to deride other media, to declare itself the one source of the real truth, the sole source of 'fair and accurate' news reporting. As a result, there's not a reservoir of kinship or good will with Fox on the part of the rest of the news media. You can't keep insulting people and then expect friendship when you need it.
They've made it a policy to keep a distance between themselves and the rest of the media, far beyond the usual competitive spirit, so that's where they are: at a distance.
Sour grapes. Sick and vile. Has there ever been any TV news - local, network, cable - that did not claim to be the biggest, bestest, truest? And isn't CNN still claiming to be Numero Uno? Apparently Fox did not invent this.
So let's keep Centanni and Wiig in our prayers, along with their families. And consider firing off an email to Bob Laurence - who is safe and sound in his comfy office.
Update: 8/23/06 - Boston Herald - Asking for it: why terrorism vs. Fox TV is not news
