Archive for December 25, 2009
Terror in the Air on Christmas?
The initial reports were of some guy setting off firecrackers on a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit:
Seven hours later, “some” are reporting that Obama has raised the terror threat level. Fox so-called “News” has been on the story for hours. CNN is making a night of it, prefacing most everything with alleged, alleged, alleged, and “we still don’t know.”
If I’ve learned anything since 9/11, it is that these things take a long time to unfold.
The corporate media is desperate for cheap, sensational “breaking news” (think: rating$) going into the weekend. So let’s calm down and bear that in mind. Chances are that this will turn out to be nothing, or far less than the media’s making it out to be right now.
