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October 17, 2005
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Keith Olbermann (host of MSNBC's "Countdown") noted in his blog on October 12 that, since 9/11, all empty "terror threats" leaked by federal sources have coincided with political turmoil for the Bush Administration.
"Last Thursday [October 6] on Countdown," he writes, "I referred to the latest terror threat -- the reported bomb plot against the New York City subway system -- in terms of its timing. President Bush’s speech about the war on terror had come earlier the same day, as had the breaking news of the possible indictment of Karl Rove in the CIA leak investigation. I suggested that in the last three years there had been about 13 similar coincidences -- a political downturn for the administration, followed by a “terror event” -- a change in alert status, an arrest, a warning."
Yes, likely most Culture Freak readers have been thinking this the same, but it's useful when such assertions are made via a media outlet the masses consider to be "legitimate." MSNBC, which has tried to outFOX FOX for the past few years, can hardly be dismissed by the Willam Kristols and Rush Limbaughs of the world as the "liberal press."
Olbermann, in my view, is MSNBC's finest asset (indeed, perhaps, its only redemption). He does the zaniest thing a talking head on television can do: faithfully report based on evidence, regardless of whether that evidence paints an ugly picture.
He has made a comprehensive list of the thirteen of events cited above, and it is worth a look.
Posted by MJuhre at October 17, 2005 10:29 AM