That’s the best description of heard used to describe the media-fueled outrage over the NYTimes book promo article (using the Common Dreams link as the original link to the NYTimes piece is now a PPV link) and subsequent reporting on domestic ‘eavesdropping’ (of foreign communications made on American soil, I might add) that was authorized by the President shortly after the 9-11 attacks.
Little Green Footballs has posted a list of people they think qualify for the LGF Annual Robert Fisk Award for Idiotarian of the Year. Ward Churchill and Chris Matthews made it onto the list, along with about 18 others.
He nails the overhype and sensationalistic slant to the MSM’s reporting of the NSA ‘eavesdropping’ controversy:
Now if Karl Rove were to be indicted tomorrow, Bush’s ratings would fall into neverland and if OBL were caught tomorrow the ratings would skyrocket, but for now, they’re on a steady trend upward, with his latest approval rating at 49% per the latest Rasmussen poll.
Senator John Kerry’s wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry, has written an opinion piece harshly critical of what she perceives as the President’s lackluster response to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s recent comments in which he stated that he believed the Holocaust was a “myth” .
