Author Peter Bergen: Osama is a "news junkie" Larry King fan

[DeepModem Mom]

NY Daily News "Rush & Malloy" gossip column:


Osama Bin Laden, cable guy


Maybe it's his suspenders. Or maybe it's his seven wives. Or guests like Tammy Faye Messner and psychic James Van Praagh. Whatever it is about Larry King, Osama Bin Laden apparently digs him.

That's right, the terrormaster "is a Larry King fan," according to Peter Bergen, author of the new book "The Osama Bin Laden I Know."

True, Bergen is an analyst for CNN, but he says there's no question that the Al Qaeda leader is a "news junkie."

"He's not living in a cave - he's living somewhere with more amenities," Bergen told us Monday at a Core Club party for his book. "His most recent statements show a Talmudic attention to the news."

Well, maybe "Talmudic" isn't the best adjective for the Israel-hater, but Bergen's point is that Bin Laden is "parsing the news. He mentioned a story in the London Daily Mirror, about allegations that Bush was going to bomb Al Jazeera. And this was not a big story!"...


http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/story/385600p-327237c.html

[madinmaryland]

1. Does this make Larry King a terrorist?

:shrug:

[AnnInLa]

2. Yes....according to Chris Matthews

[orwell]

4. Or...

...Peter Bergen.

This guy's whole "Osama mind meld" shtick stinks to high heavens.

I hope the check cleared Peter...

[Village Idiot]

3. I can hear UbL:

"By the giant foreskin of Mohammed, that O'Reilly fellow really cracks me up!!! Shut UP! Cut his mike! And really - what more can one say about Chris Matthews? Priceless - simply priceless!!! Oh that left wing media...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA....OOps, I believe I have soiled myself. Bismallah..."

[On the Road]

5. I Think OBL Should Simply Just CALL IN to the Show

That would give his favorite host some ratings.

Then he could ask him: "Excuse me, but do you paint your bald spot?"

:smoke:

[DeepModem Mom]

6. LOL!

[ComerPerro]

7. Wonder if he's ever seen Faux News. I think he'd like it

they are supposedly sworn enemies, but I imagine that he would really agree with most of their hosts and commentators on a lot of issues.