Hezbollah was using UN post as 'shield'. The headline says it all. The jihadis are playing the media like a fiddle. I'm simply amazed that the MSM is either so craven or ignorant that they continue to let it happen. Personally, I vote for ignorant. Reporters don't like to be played but they're often too stupid to see it coming. They get blinded by the exciting newsbites that feature this scandal or that explosion and don't think beyond producing the segment for the upcoming broadcast.
That state of the DE blogosphere
I've been holding off on commenting on the imbroiglio over a posting at DelawareLiberal for Veteran's Day for several reasons. First and foremost is the situation at home (more on that later) but also because I wanted to get some distance from it to be sure I was seeing things clearly. I've been reading DV's stuff since before he joined Jason on his site and I've noticed a change in tone which seems to have accelerated of late. I enjoyed going to the old site because it was one the few places I could engage someone with different ideas than mine without things crashing headlong into Godwin's law within 3 posts. In short, DV acted in good faith and was rather deferential to his visitors which I greatly appreciated. Since pulling the old blog and posting on DelwareLiberal, I've noticed that ground has eroded rather quickly. I've never agreed with anything Jason posted but found him a book end to DelaThought's knee jerk partisan right wingery. Fi...
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