What am I missing here?
Just minutes ago, as I write this afternoon, it was announced
that NBC received a package from Cho Sueng-Li. Apparently he taped
his own cd, a myface/youtube style documentary of himself waving
his weapons and propounding on his socio-economic “reasons” for
embarking on a mass slaughter rampage.
And NBC is going to air it, at least in part. Possibly different
parts on different days. So we’ll stay tuned and NBC’s ratings will
increase.
I refuse to watch it, so I’ll report what NBC News President
Steven Capus said. The material is “hard-to-follow…disturbing,
very disturbing, very angry, profanity-laced.” Other reports
describe Cho’s murderous verbal insanities as a “manifesto.”
Let’s see. Don Imus calls some young women “nappy headed hos”
and we’re all supposed be to shocked, shocked I tell you. Cho blows
away 32 human lives and not only do we hear no condemnation of the
vile person from the big media, but NBC is going to oblige the
piece of human debris by airing his “manifesto.” Democrat
presidential contenders refuse to appear on a Fox Network debate,
citing bias, but I guess it’s okay for NBC is going to realize
Cho’s dreams of celebrity status at the expense of 32 lives.
Cho may have been a deranged psycho, but he was sharp as a
scalpel when it came to playing NBC News for his personal patsy.
Anything for a point in the ratings. I’m sure the families of the
deceased will appreciate the Cho Show as much as they appreciate
Capus’s inevitable defense of freedom of speech and the public’s
right to know. Though I don’t NBC will delete any of Cho’s possible
references to “nappy headed hos.”
And no doubt dozens of newscasters were cautioned about passing
judgment on the lad. Though I haven’t watched the hundreds of hours
of coverage, I have watched 2 or 3. Not once has a commentator said
“What an awful person,” or “How could a human do such a despicable
thing?” Not once. (Though I imagine conservative radio hosts have
done so.)
No, the commentators are searching for “explanations.” The
Democrats are trying to blame Bush. No one’s blaming popular music
(or reporting on Cho’s listening habits), which relishes in
violence and violent language.
And have you read the editorials from around the world? It’s all
America’s fault, same as always. But do you ever read an editorial
blaming Saudi Arabia for the Islamofascist suicide bombers who hail
from there? No.
Nor does our media view the terrorists (murderers of innocent
civilians) as psycho nut jobs. No, the terrorists have reasons. The
terrorists have “manifestos.” Just as our media believes Cho has a
“manifesto.”
Give me a hundred Imuses for one Steven Capus. To run the Cho
video is a vile act. It doesn’t take a genius to know other whack
jobs are out there watching. Maybe even a terrorist or two. They’ll
see how easy it is to spit in the face of America. Just make a nice
little video, mail it off, whip out a few guns and start pulling
the trigger.
Thanks to Steven Capus, the terrorists (and others) won’t have
to waste a year or so learning to fly jumbo jets to do their dark
deeds.
