September 11, 2001 Lives in our Memory

Never Forget the Real 9/11...

The Cross found at Ground Zero. Photo by Samuel Li. CC

Our parents could tell you exactly where they were and what they were doing on that day in December when Japanese planes struck Pearl Habor. I will always remember that beautiful blue skied September day. It was the kind of day private pilots love to be able to get off work and put in some flying time. Then the sky was suddenly devoid of aircraft as Yamisaki's towers collapsed and the Pentagon burned. In Shanksville, Pennsylvania an airliner crashed into the ground.

We were under attack. We prayed. Firefighters and members of NYPD did their jobs... they were heroes! They were our fellow Americans.

You would think that the events of September ten years ago, like the attack on Pearl Harbor, would remain in the forefront of our National narrative. Sadly, there are many who would rewrite that narrative to Exclude the Events of 09/11 [click to read]. ht/Lynn

Photo Bias in the Wire Services???

"Say IT Isn't So AP, Reuters, AFP/Getty..."


Calling a terrorist a terrorist. THYME has its own biases as well, but we try to admit to them.

"You have to work pretty darned hard to find an unflattering photo of Michele Bachmann," I remarked recently. She's generally good for 'rule 5' [1.] on a bad day. Still, the local newspaper managed to find and print one in response to the Conservative victories in the 2010 elections. The editors of our local might be interested to know [or perhaps not] that I used to use the front page layout and photography selection to teach my kids about media bias.

A few examples that come to mind: The Republicans open an office downtown and it is buried on page 4. Barack Obama's downtown office rated a front page placement, with photo. Check the archives yourself. George W. Bush never got many flattering photos either, so don't feel bad Michele. Often the headline skews the bias of an otherwise balanced article. The page editor holds the power!!!

So it comes as no surprise, really, to see This Study [click to read] about media bias in photography.

Shattered Lens - Photo Bias Exposed in the Wire Services [click to read] from Honest Reporting will probably just confirm what you've already suspected as well.

NPR 'Rewards' Juan Williams for Honesty

Commentator Fired for Remarks Made on O'Reilly Factor



Last time I flew out of Dulles, it was the guy wearing a "72 Virgins Dating Service" tee shirt that got my attention. When Juan Williams says he's sometimes frightened by the sight of passengers in Islamic dress on an airplane, I think a lot of us can identify with that. Think of our parents in the days after Pearl Harbor. A Japanese person walking around Honolulu might have drawn some attention.

Certainly you might express such a sentiment without impuning ALL people in Islamic garb [or ALL Japanese]. if balding German men had destroyed the World Trade Center, I'd EXPECT you to be checking me out when I got on your airplane.

Still, NPR said Juan Williams' comments "undermined his credibility as a news analyst with NPR." That's the same NPR that ran a segment entitled: "How to Speak 'Tea Bagger.'" ht/RedState

The Tim Tebow Advertisement

If You're Really 'Pro-choice,' Why the Controversy?

A national coalition of womens' groups has pressured CBS to pull an advertisement created for the Superbowl that features Tebow and his Mother. The fact that some Focus on the Family supporters have dug deep into their own pockets to pay for a little First Amendment protected speech at the big game's confiscatory rates has these pro-choice ladies upset.

Obviously, we must conclude that right-wing causes have no place in professional football. Rush Limbaugh's bid to buy into the Rams franchise met with similar protests. Unfortunately Limbaugh was excluded while some other team owners are quite free to express more left-leaning views. Can you spell H-Y-P-O-C-R-I-S-Y ?

Thankfully CBS is running the pro-life advertisement in spite of the protests. It is scheduled to run during the first quarter.

We Turned On the News Disgronifier

It Helps Us Tolerate the MSM...


MSM Disgronifier in a secret location.

Did anyone ask why the word "TERRORIST" kept showing up in my posts about the subject on the photos of... er... terrorists? Well, I inadvertently left our own little fact checking device on and it has a nasty habit of displaying its Tourette's syndrome when we post certain people's photographs when it is turned on. As you can see from the examples I randomly chose below it does not mince words.




Calling a terrorist a terrorist.

So I ran a copy of yesterday's News Leader through its poor little electronic brain and smelled smoke and burning wires. After replacing the tubes I made sure to test it on a smaller portion of the News Leader: Jim McCosky's Cartoon [click to view] [go to cartoon #11] and the newly repaired disgronifier produced a link to the wonderful work of Jerry Breen:


"A Gathering of Nuts" Jerry Breen, used with permission.

The disgronifier was happy again, so I checked out more of Mr. Breen's work at www.jerrybreen.com and it is really great stuff. He does architectural renderings too and has a really interesting entry in the WTC Memorial Competition.

I'm running Glenn Beck through the disgronifier right now to recalibrate it and then I'll turn it off for a while.

Visit the Media Disgronifier at Facebook [click to read].

'TIME' Management

"The Medium is the Message..."


To be fair, I don't think the money wired to Pakistan had come to light yet.

Marshall McLuhan's message has never been truer. Look at the MSM and the electronic competition and you would have to agree. It is a fascinating study in contrasts. TIME has had a most interesting reactionary reaction [bad grammar, good thought] to the reinvention of am radio as a political commentary machine. "Is Rush Limbaugh Good for America" TIME asks authoritatively. Glenn Beck is a "Mad Man" in the TIME line of thinking.

Therefore it was no surprise to see a muddy message on modern jihad this past issue. Here is an interesting FOX Story on the Phenomenom [click to view]. THYME Magazine [click to read] was quick to offer an alternative point of view.


Calling a terrorist a terrorist.

But others have weighed in as well. Harry Stein in City Journal writes: Beck Bashing [click to read]. He does a fine job of covering TIME's coverage of both Limbaugh and Beck. It seems that the 'New Media' brings with it a necessary fresh perspective on all that's news.

Can You Hear us Now?

09/12/09 Was Just the Beginning...

Citizen Journalist Michelle Malkin [click to listen] was on Dr. Dobson's show this morning [yes, I know she's a REAL Fox commentator, but listen to the broadcast and I think you'll agree she's more one of us than one of them].

Operation 'Can You Hear Us Now?' [click to read] is coming October 17th th a so-called 'mainstream' media outlet near you. I expect Charlie Gibson will go sailing again.


The march may be over, but our work still lies in front of us. Here Citizen Journalist Lynn Mitchell gets us back on the bus to go home.

Next [click to continue].

Missing in Action...

...America's 'Mainstream' Media

Here referred to as the 'Slipstream Media' because they just seem to draft in the wake of their preferred idealogues.

Larry Elder Comments [click to read] on the 'Missing in Action Mainstream Media' in Jewish World Review.