That Crazy, Whacky Mainstream Media (Part 480)

Last week, when Michael Moore released an exclusive statement backing terrorism complaining about George W. Bush, he turned to -- who else? -- CNN:

[CNN's Anderson] Cooper hyped how “just moments ago Michael Moore released this statement exclusively to CNN.” With the text on screen, Cooper relayed the comment from the far-left filmmaker: “'Unfortunately, the President doesn't understand that it is mainstream middle America who has turned against him and his immoral war..." [ed: as evidenced by Bush's election victory just last year.]

Free Bonus Flashback! Just as a reminder whose side Moore is on, here's a blast from the not-so-distant past:

The Iraqis who have risen up against the occupation are not 'insurgents' or 'terrorists' or 'The Enemy.' They are the REVOLUTION, the Minutemen, and their numbers will grow -- and they will win. -- Michael Moore, April 14, 2004

Yes, I remember our patriots -- the Founding Fathers -- packing wagons with kegs of gunpowder, rolling them next to a church, and blowing the innocent worshippers to bits. Oh, and the beheadings! Every youngster's Revolutionary War textbook describes George Washington lopping off the head of an unfortunate Tory. After all, Zarqawi is only following the original G Dub's playbook, doncha know.

*Sigh* You would think the Mediacrats -- or at least their shareholders -- would have gotten the message by now:

CABLE NEWS RACE - WED NITE NOV 16 2005 - VIEWERS FOXNEWS O'REILLY 2,851,000 FNC HANNITY/COLMES 2,073,000 FNC GRETA 1,849,000 FNC SHEP 1,538,000 FNC BRIT 1,456,000 CNN KING 947,000 CNN COOPER 732,000 CNN ZAHN 698,000 CNN DOBBS 658,000 CNNHN GRACE 600,000 MSNBC OLBERMANN 517,000 MSNBC HARDBALL 471,000 MNSBC RITA 469,000 MSNBC TUCKER 208,000 MSNBC SCARBOROUGH 336,000

Hmmm. I'm not real good at number-countin' and such, but it appears to me the #2 show on Fox, by itself, is beating every show on MSNBC put together. And the #1 show on Fox is very nearly beating all of CNN put together. I guess it's still a little too complex for the rocket-scientists running the networks to figure out, though.

With apologies to Norman Cousins, it seems to me the motto of the mainstream media is: if two wrongs don't make a right, try three or four.