Tragedy vs. Inconvenience
NBC News’ Brian Williams really pissed me off this morning. He was phoning in to the Today Show “live” from Edinburgh, Scotland to talk about the thwarted terrorist threat discovered by the British government. After a brief recap of the timeline of events, he said, and I’m quoting as best I can remember, “Of course, the REAL tragedy here is the hundreds and hundreds of travellers… most of whom are on vacation… who are being inconvenienced by this heightened state of security.”
With all due respect (and there’s truly not much respect due) the REAL tragedy???? (his emphasis, not mine) Come on… how is it tragic that people are late for their flights home? I understand it’s an inconvenience, and probably a pretty big one at that, but a tragedy??
No, a tragedy would have been the mass murder that this broken-up plot would have caused; thousands killed in 10 planes blowing up mid-flight and crashing into the ocean. THAT, Mr. Williams, would have been a tragedy!
Mr. and Mrs. Jones and their little Kaden and Courtney getting back to the states a couple days late, that’s just an inconvenience. Quit trying to shift the focus away from the real issues at hand.
5 comments August 10 2006 7:13 am | Pepperguy | Grant
AMEN BROTHER!!!
Is it really a surprise to any “thinking” person that so-called mainstream media personalities simply refuse to see the real issues inside a story such as this? Take a few minutes to watch some of the coverage on CNN or MSNBC of the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. These networks continue to marvel at how determined Hezbollah is and how well-prepared and organized they are, all the while portarying Israel as the resident evil. Hezbollah openly states their anti-Semitism and the media are fascinated. Mel Gibson uses a few slurs (shame on him) and the media drag him through the mud. Where is the perspective in this country?
Grant, I totally agree with you, I am out of town again this week on business. I have been out of town since the middle of July on business only to be home on the weekends. I don’t know if I have ever wanted to be home more to be with my family, but in all honesty, I would rather be stuck where I am at and have all of those people safe. I would rather that than the alternative, we are talking a lot of people that would have gotten hurt. How selfish of him to think that. Very well put Grant. The media always screws things up.
Hope to chat with you soon Grant.
Brian Williams shows his ass once again. Thanks for posting this, G.
Thing is, BW always seems very engaging and funny in relaxed situations (Leno, etc.), but I can’t stand him at all when he anchors. Everything is stuffed with hyperbole and self-importance, its ridiculous.
What an ass.
I agree with you on your point. Good catch. But i disagree with 2RIGHTU, he or she mentioned that Zeboalla is a terrorist group but forgot to mention that Isreal is in the same terror group, killing children and destroying cities do not make them freedom fighters.