There are rising calls for more reporting on the consular attack in Benghazi. Our poor press is beleaguered, and certainly too busy covering Sandy and the election to respond.
In fact, theyre so busy they apparently cant think up good excuses for not covering Benghazi. At least, I havent seen any reasons disclosed publicly. They just dont seem to see, hear, or say anything about it.
To help them out, I thought I would come up with a nice, prefab list of excuses....
In fact, theyre so busy they apparently cant think up good excuses for not covering Benghazi. At least, I havent seen any reasons disclosed publicly. They just dont seem to see, hear, or say anything about it.
To help them out, I thought I would come up with a nice, prefab list of excuses....
- Sorry, I missed your question because I just came from a meeting with Obama. Let me wipe my mouth and then hear it again....
- Dead ambassador? Oh, yeah, I heard something about that. Something about a video that caused a riot. What a shame. But gosh, that was six weeks ago. Old news....
- Im afraid of politicizing that story this close to an election. Yeah, I did report Romneys premature comments on it, and asked him a dozen times if he regrets his remarks. So?...
- Too busy writing my story about how Hurricane Sandy depressed Democratic voting in Philadelphia, so Obama losing Pennsylvania was an act of God. Certainly not a repudiation of Obama. Nope. No way. ...