Snapped Shot

It's good to see that the Hermit Kingdom can keep this up, what with all of that starvation going on... MANSE!



As an aside, I'm well aware that there is no such thing as a "free" press in North Korea, but don't you think it probably would have been worthwhile for Reinhard Krause or his editors at Reuters to point out that these types of public exercises are coerced? Or heck, even a brief mention of the aforementioned starvation might have been in order.

Reuters may protest that, in submitting a headline which contains elements critical of the North Korean regime, they would lose official access to the country. That's funny—isn't that the same dang excuse that CNN used to use in justifying the glowing praise it heaped at Saddam Hussein while he brutally oppressed the citizens of Iraq?

As it stands today, Reuters is aiding and abetting the oppression of the North Korean citizenry by their government. Is that a "responsible" position for a "globally-conscious" news organization to take?

Besides that, with all of the advanced technology available to the media today, do you really think it would be that hard to get "unauthorized" photographs out of a fascist nation?

Reuters should try some of that Juche philosophy of self-reliance out for a change. It would do them some good. Continue reading »

Earlier today, we reported on a protest in Beirut, organized by Hezbullah, that was aimed at decrying Tony Blair as a stooge of Israeli foreign policy.

Now, coming across the wires, we're treated to photographs of "a religious festival," with the same large throngs of people touting Hezbullah flags.

Coincidence? Or were the people demonstrating earlier today handed signs to carry, not necessarily knowing what was written on them (the English signs, at least)? At the very least, is it not probable that these people were organized, in fact, to primarily celebrate "the 15th day of Shabaan, the birthday of Imam al-Mahdi, a 9th century religious leader?"

I bet you'll find that, once these people showed up to celebrate this religious event, they were handed all kinds of things to hold by their Hezbullah masters. One would even suspect that, being on the 11th of September, you'd even find some anti-American posters somewhere amongst the demonstrators. Our photographers, of course, would adamantly refuse to publish any photographs that would show Hezbullah in a negative light, wouldn't they?

And the propaganda marches on, completely unchecked by a most pliant press. Continue reading »

Is it Lebanon? Or San Francisco? Perhaps it's Washington, DC.

I really can't tell. Click on the "Read More" link below to find the (hopefully) obvious answer. And then ask yourself how original the Left really is.

(The wires, thankfully, are identifying this as a protest organized by Hezbullah. At least we're not expected to believe it's spontaneous, as the press here in the United States tries to portray leftist protests here as...)

Oh, and let's be clear here: These people are not "Anti-War" protesters, by any stretch of the imagination. They're perfectly happy with war, especially on Israel—but are also very happy to wage war against the rest of what they view as an "imperialistic" Western world.

If one side wants war, and the other side is too cowardly to fight back, which side do you suppose will win?

One thing's for certain:—The press is not on the same side as the West. Continue reading »