"WHO'S SUING ME!" GASPED FADED CELEBRITY IN CHIEF BARRY O.
THESE REPORTERS INFORMED HIM SENATOR RAND PAUL WAS.
"BUT I AM LOVABLE! THE WORLD LOVES ME! WOMEN WANT TO BE ME! MEN WANT TO SCREW ME! I AM THE MOST DESIRABLE PRISS ON THE FACE OF THE PLANET!" EXCLAIMED THE DAHLI BAMA.
INFORMED THAT HE WAS BEING SUED BY THE SENATOR OVER ILLEGAL SPYING, BARRY O INSISTED, "I ONLY PEEK IN ON RAND EVERY NOW AND THEN -- AND ONLY WHEN HE'S ON THE TOILET! THIS IS SO UNFAIR."
FROM THE TCI WIRE:
Yesterday, we noted how NPR's lust for death and gossip led them to 'cover' Iraq. The fact that it was gossip? Clams by the Iraqi government cannot be verified? That's gossip. It's especially gossip if you try to present it as 'fact.' Proving the gossip value, Perez Hilton blogged about the people who died yesterday in a bombing and joined the other gossip queens and kings in presenting the dead -- with no proof -- as "terrorists."
Judy Woodruff who once objected to cooking segments on CNN decided PBS was a little stuffy for her and she needed to sling some sass too so she offered this on tonight's NewsHour (PBS -- link is video, audio and text):
In Iraq, a group of insurgents-in-training accidentally set off their own car bomb, killing 21 people. Police say the would-be terrorists had gathered near the city of Samarra in an orchard, when the bomb exploded. In addition to those who died, two dozen suspects were arrested.
She offered that nonsense yesterday. We waited until today to call her out because I wanted to see if The NewsHour's headlines intended to note another Iraq event? Click here for this evening, and, no, they didn't.
What item am I talking about? What didn't they note?
How about the Monday event that the US State Dept commented on? The only Iraq event on Monday that they commented on? We carried the statement in yesterday's snapshot but let's note it again since gossip outlets such as The NewsHour missed it.
Press Statement
Marie Harf
Washington, DC
February 10, 2014
The
United States strongly condemns today’s attack on the convoy of the
Speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives, Osama al-Nujaifi, in
Ninewa province. Speaker Nujaifi has been a strong partner of the United
States’ efforts in Iraq and we are grateful that he was unharmed in the
attack.
Today’s attack exemplifies the danger terrorist groups pose to all Iraqis, and the importance of Iraqi leaders from all communities working together to isolate militant groups from the broader population. The United States stands with the Iraqi people and will continue to work closely with Iraqi political and security leaders to combat those who commit such senseless acts.
Today’s attack exemplifies the danger terrorist groups pose to all Iraqis, and the importance of Iraqi leaders from all communities working together to isolate militant groups from the broader population. The United States stands with the Iraqi people and will continue to work closely with Iraqi political and security leaders to combat those who commit such senseless acts.
Again, we gave The NewsHour until today. They're not real smart when it comes to Iraq and they might have missed it. Even the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq waited until today to weigh in:
Baghdad, 11th February 2014 - The Special Representative of the
United Nations Secretary-General for Iraq (SRSG), Mr. Nickolay Mladenov,
strongly condemned the attack against the convoy of the Speaker of the
House of Representatives, Mr. Osama Al-Nujaifi, in the city of Mosul in
Ninewa Province yesterday afternoon.
SRSG Mladenov urged all leaders to "unite against terrorism, which is affecting all segments of the Iraqi society”.
“I also take this opportunity to call on the people of Iraq to support the security forces, local authorities and the tribes of Anbar in their fight against terrorism and to provide humanitarian support to those affected by the fighting”, he said.
“In addition, I call on all sides to help rebuild Anbar through investment and socially inclusive policies and to address the causes of violence through dialogue and the political process" he added.
“Finally, I wish a speedy recovery to those who were injured in this incident”, Mr. Mladenov said.
“I also take this opportunity to call on the people of Iraq to support the security forces, local authorities and the tribes of Anbar in their fight against terrorism and to provide humanitarian support to those affected by the fighting”, he said.
“In addition, I call on all sides to help rebuild Anbar through investment and socially inclusive policies and to address the causes of violence through dialogue and the political process" he added.
“Finally, I wish a speedy recovery to those who were injured in this incident”, Mr. Mladenov said.
So to be clear, The NewsHour can engage in gossip -- in fact, can excel in it -- but they can't handle news?
The big news item out of Iraq yesterday was the assassination attempt on the highest ranking Sunni official in the country, Speaker of Parliament Osama al-Nujaifi.
In the US, this would be the same as two assassination attempts -- one on the Speaker of the House and one on the Senate Majority Leader. That's because there's only one house in Iraq's national legislative body.
Further news value was that the attempt took place in a Sunni-dominant province (al-Nujaifi is a Sunni) and that the governor of the province is Atheel al-Nujaifi, Osama's brother.
What PBS can't grasp, the Latin American Herald Tribune does, "Osama, Iraq’s highest-ranking Sunni politician, and brother Atheel al-Nujaifi, the governor of Nineveh, were unharmed when a roadside bomb detonated as their convoy was passing in the Al Gafran area."
There's also news value in who attacked him?
That should lead to speculation. Not speculation presented as fact, but questions should be asked.
Osama al-Nujaifi is a very popular Sunni figure -- his political slate is fielding many candidates in the expected April 30th parliamentary elections. Nineveh is a Sunni-dominant province. Osama's brother Atheel al-Nujaifi is not just the Governor of Nineveh, he's the re-elected governor of Nineveh. He's very popular which is why the US government and 'seed money' (US taxpayer dollars misused by the US State Dept) were unable to have him unseated (in Anbar, the US government was able to buy the office of governor).
So who could be behind the attack. Press TV offers one possibility:
Iran
Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani says Takfiri groups carried out the
terrorist bomb attack against his Iraqi counterpart, calling on Iraqi
officials to maintain their national unity.
“I suspect that perpetrators of this [act of] terror are neither Shia
nor Sunni Muslims but they are Takfiri groups who have been in Iraq for
a while,” Larijani told reporters on Tuesday on the sidelines of a
ceremony held to mark the 35th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic
Revolution.PBS's newly branded GossipHour didn't find that newsworthy but then, more and more, they struggle to figure out what is actually news.
And when they treat death as a giggle, do the gossip mavens realize what's going on in Iraq?
I'm not talking about the ongoing assault on Anbar Province. We'll get there but right now I'm talking about what's going on in terms of what the society's been encouraged to do.
As Nouri behaves like a blood thirty tyrant, you see echoes in Iraqi society. You see an increasing lack of respect for rule of law and for guilt and innocence.
It is not expecting too much on any given day for US outlets to grasp innocent until proven guilty -- the notion of which is not only the basis for the US legal system but also enshrined in the Iraqi Constitution. But when they toss that aside to have their giggles over the deaths of a group of people that the Iraqi government claims were 'terrorists,' they don't encourage rule of law or innocent until proven guilty. Instead, they help spread mob rule and terrorism.
If no one stands up for innocent until proven guilty, how do you expect the notion to take hold in Iraq?
Shame on PBS and their GossipHour.
Moving over to the ongoing assault on Anbar Province, the editorial board of the San Francisco Chronicle notes:
The rising death count and stubborn refusal of al-Maliki to share power are no reason to abandon Iraq, especially after this country's legacy of involvement. Instead it's time for Washington to push hard for serious reforms that will finish a job it so clumsily began in the name of democratic change.
It is past time for the White House and the State Dept to demand serious changes in the way Nouri al-Maliki rules Iraq. However, the big consideration at the White House right now with regards to Iraq? Whether or not US President Barack Obama should make a dart-in-and-out visit next month?
Barack will be in the region and there are certain elements (War Hawk Samantha Power among them) arguing that Barack should visit -- and get this for her reasoning -- to show support for 'ally' Nouri al-Maliki right before the April 30th elections.
The idea of accountability is one that escapes the blood thirsty Samantha Power.
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