Saturday, July 09, 2005

simply unbelievable...

from Media Matters for America: "In their own words: How Fox News hosts and reporters reacted to the London attacks"

The site lays out fuller quotes and links to the video clips. But here's a part of what was said on Fox Skews in response to the bombings in London. The comments range from calculating...
Brit Hume: "I mean, my first thought when I heard -- just on a personal basis, when I heard there had been this attack and I saw the futures this morning, which were really in the tank, I thought, 'Hmmm, time to buy.'"
to callous...
John Gibson: The day before the attacks, he said, "By the way, just wanted to tell you people, we missed -- the International Olympic Committee missed a golden opportunity today. If they had picked France ... to hold the Olympics, it would have been the one time we could look forward to where we didn't worry about terrorism. They'd blow up Paris, and who cares?"

The day of the attacks, he echoed his remarks. "This is why I thought the Brits should let the French have the Olympics -- let somebody else be worried about guys with backpack bombs for a while."
to racist...
Simon Marks: "[T]hese people are, if necessary, prepared to spill Arab blood in addition to the blood of regular -- of non-Arab people living in London."
but this guy takes the cake:
Brain Kilmeade: "[British Prime Minister Tony Blair] made the statement ... at the G8 summit, where their topic Number 1 --believe it or not-- was global warming, the second was African aid. And that was the first time since 9-11 when they should know, and they do know now, that terrorism should be Number 1. But it's important for them all to be together. I think that works to our advantage, in the Western world's advantage, for people to experience something like this together, just 500 miles from where the attacks have happened."
Did you take advantage of the drop in the future's market? Lucky for you Paris wasn't attacked; the markets, along with the rest of the world, apparently wouldn't have cared. Oh, and what an amazing insight, to separate Arab Londoners from non-Arab Londoners and recognize that terrorists are willing to kill both! I guess the Western World caught a break with all the leaders of the Group of 8 together just 500 miles away. The murder of 40 (or more?) innocent people ought to do the trick, distracting our world leaders from issues such as global warming and crushing African debt. We all know those aren't important, after all, and "they do know now," too.

We can also summarize these Fox correspondents' statements in an equation (where > is taken to be 'is/are more important than'):
the stock market > non-Arab Londoners lives > Arab Londoners lives > African lives > the environment > French lives

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