Now they're speculating that the Mon missiles are the act that set Osama in motion for 9/11.

Oh...the tangled web we weave.


of course they are. The flip side of the coin is that had the missiles actually nailed Bin Laden, thousands of Americans would probably be alive now.


Maybe the problem is similar to the one of the legal system havng too many lawyers...maybe there's just too many "journalists"...so they create there own news stories. The Ashcroft thing as a case in point...scandle created out of the "analysis" of a news anchor. I thought their job was to report...but that was then..this is now.


You don't really think those talking heads do any real "analysis" or even journalism, do you?

Come on.

However, the sources of Ashcroft's flying rumors are far more than the result of a single news anchor. (But if you want to blame just him...be my guest.) I remember hearing questions of Ashcroft's flying habits months ago. I discredited them months ago because, even if it was true, it wasn't going to be proven.

However, like it or not, our journalistic standard (via Drudge and others) is to report rumors - and the more outragous the rumor, the better the ratings. Hell, look at the Air Force 1 theftgate. Was there ever any real evidence to that story, or was it all rumors to improve ratings?

I think you're at least partly right. I think there's too many news organizations. Unforuately, with this many news organizsations, they can no longer simply compete to deliver the best news and hope to get the best ratings. So now, they compete to get the best ratings irregardless of the validity, balance or truth of the news. As such, they are reporting more and more outragous claims; truth (and integrity) be damned.

Ah, but such is the capitialistic system.