CNN commits journalistic malpractice

Sarah Palin is apparently accusing Obama of being friends with, gasp, a Palestinian! And not just any ole Palestinian, but a leading Palestinian academic who wrote the book on the history of Palestinian Identity. Now I'm not going to rant about the (de)merits of this accusation. But I will rant on CNN's reporting of it. Take the following sentence:

Khalidi has been a harsh critic of U.S. foreign policy toward Israel and has accused the country of "occupying" Palestinian territories.

Now for starters, CNN needs to learn how to write. From the writing, it is unclear whether "the country" of the second clause refers to Israel or the U.S.

Holy crap! He accuses Israel of occupying the Palestinian territories? Let's see if we can drum up any other radical terrorist-oriented groups that consider Israel as being an occupying force:

• The United Nations
• The European Union
• The International Committee of the Red Cross
  
• The U.S. Government (yes, including the Bush Administration)
  
• Every Government of Israel since Ariel Sharon

Seriously. Does CNN even try anymore? From now on, I only watch FoxNews!

Way Too Far

I am sick and tired of these gutter politics. These insane, baseless attack ads, these horrid accusations, and these Washington politicians that will say and do anything to win, without any regard for the social fabric of our nation.

Now don't get me wrong. I enjoy the political season. You want to tell me McCain can't send an email. Fine. You want to tell me Barack Obama is a terrorist who wants to molest your children. Fine. But there are limits. And this is just a Bridge to Nowhere too far. The Communist Times is reporting:

Speaking before the Alaska governor was Shonda Schilling, wife of the Red Sox right-hander Curt Schilling. While Curt hasn’t pitched all year because of an injured shoulder, his wife was happy to pitch John McCain and Ms. Palin at Salem High School. She compared supporters of Barack Obama to that most heinous of hardball partisans, Yankee fans (”Boooo”).

“They’re good people,” Mrs. Schilling said graciously of Obama supporters. “They just root for the wrong team.”

Now let's get one thing straight. The BoSox don't support no Palin-McCain administration! The Red Sox believe in the Change we Need, like a Change from the evil of the New York Yankees. Now I'm not trying to claim that the BoSox actively support Obama, but just that the sacred realm of baseball should never be mixed up with the profane world of politics.

Fuckers.