A Sad Day For Lazy Web-Searchers
Eric Alterman gets letters:
Name: Sandra Coppola
Hometown: Short Hills, New Jersey
Eric–
My mother informed me that yesterday, she watched massive demonstrations against George Bush in Ottowa, broadcast on a foreign news television channel. I checked the Internet for news stories on MSNBC, as well as CBS and ABC News. Their stories concerning his visit do not mention massive protests, and indeed MSNBC focused on the praise Bush and the Canadian Prime Minister heaped on each other during the state dinner.Is the media so cowed that they cannot broadcast criticism of American policies by people in other countries for fear of being branded “liberals.” It is a sad day for American journalism if that is the case.
Damn their eyes!
MSNBC: “During this presidential visit, tens of thousands of Canadian demonstrators were on the streets.”
ABC: “President Bush sought Tuesday to patch up relations with Canada after years of bickering, flying here for tough hemispheric and global talks amid boisterous demonstrations from opponents of the U.S. led-war in Iraq.”
CBS: “As his motorcade arrived at the Canadian Parliament building, hundreds of demonstrators jeered on the lawn outside. Organizers are expecting thousands later in the day.”
Alterman’s correspondent is a moron, but Alterman should know better than to print tripe like this.