February 11, 2004
One hack down, millions more to go
Glenn Reynolds whines that Bob Arnot won't be reporting from Iraq for NBC News anymore. The claims that he's a fair reporter? They all come from military people, who'd love for people to hear his stories on how everything in Iraq is hunky-dory. When he got the chance to interview Donald Rumsfeld, he hit him with softballs along the lines of "why do you think the media is being so unfair?" (I'll get the transcript soon, when I can log on to Lexis-Nexis).
Such is par for the course for Reynolds, who salivates at the prospect of lapping up propaganda straight from the Pentagon, without any interference from people who at least try to get the other side of the story.
So, in summary: In Instapunditland, it's evenhanded if it's Pentagon-approved and it's biased if it angers military brass.
Baaaa.
UPDATE: LexNex has NBC news transcripts, but not MSNBC, so I can't find it. If you can find it, holla.
Posted by rj3 at February 11, 2004 3:10 PM
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I blogged it already, but you all shoud read it too. Because it's very funny.
Posted by: Michael at February 11, 2004 7:33 PM
You mean bob arnot?
Posted by: Randolph at February 11, 2004 8:43 PM