"Breaking News: Dems Hit Boston Under Al Qaeda Threat"

[Wednesdays]

It isn't the headline above the article, but it is the screaming headline at the top of the AIM.com pop-up that links to the article! (If you use AIM instant messanger, you get such pop-up news bulletins when you start up the program.) Al Qaeda isn't mentioned until 8 paragraphs into the text! Sheesh...talk about a slanted headline!

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/25/dems.security/index.html

On Friday, law enforcement sources warned members of the media to prepare for a possible disruption by domestic anarchist groups.

The warning said a "credible" threat indicates that media vans could be targets.

In addition, a senior CIA official told CNN that a specific piece of information, not chatter, indicates that al Qaeda wants to attack the United States.

[Spinzonner]

1. Why would it be a surprise that they want to attack the US ?

They've already done it once rather successfully.

[htuttle]

2. "Domestic anarchist groups"

What the fuck! Last week, they made it quite clear that the groups threatening media at the convention were ANTI-ABORTION groups. Now they blame it on bomb-throwing anarchists?

[sniffa]

3. odd

the credibLe threat to media vans isn't from aL queda though.. it's from domestic groups.

[Davis_X_Machina]

4. Domestic groups like....

Bob Somersby (The Daily Howler), Jim Romanesco, and the staff of the Columbia Journalism Review, more like.

That's a threat to the media.

Now we know where the Media(w)horse went to -- off to a terrorist training camp,

[0007]

5. (((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((gong)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))


Oh dear!

[NewJeffCT]

6. But, why would Al Qaeda disrupt the Dems?

I mean, according to Republicans, CNN & Fox, Al Qaeda wants John Kerry to win... even though an Al Qaeda splinter group endorsed Bush.

[MGKrebs]

7. Bill O'Reilly doesn't help:

"It is all so dishonest and disheartening. The ultra left fanatics will pretty much say and do anything to destroy those with whom they disagree. These people are hurting all Americans by obstructing the true terrorist danger we are facing today.

"The lesson here is simple. Bush and Blair did not lie. And it far past time that clear thinking Americans begin holding the true liars accountable. Our lives may depend on it."

http://www.billoreilly.com/currentarticle

(jeez, I dislike even looking at the url!)

edited for punctuation correction.

[sandboxface]

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I'm tired of this bull shit.

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