Monday, July 5, 2010
This is just a quick link to follow -- an "aside." These are links to interesting things that, for one reason or another, I didn't place into a full posting. Click the link to visit the full article. Go to the blog index for a regular listing of posts.
CNN, bad journalism, and Anwar's apology tour. - 'Following up on my piece a few days back on Malaysia's Anwar Ibrahim, CNN International's Connect the World program featured Anwar this past Friday. The interview, apparently taped as part of his U.S. apology tour for whipping up anti-Semitism back home, nicely encapsulates everything that's wrong with Western media coverage of Anwar -- and indeed, of problems in journalism at large. This much softball usually involves 18 women, underhand pitching, and the NCAA. The clip in question is embedded here. Keep in mind, as you watch this, that the entire reason Anwar Ibrahim is making this media appearance is that he's spent all of 2010 attacking Jews. Count the number of times CNN mentions this...'
