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May 13, 2005

Michelle Malkin's Idiotic Reference

Syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin's latest piece is a passionate column entitled, "It's time for media to stop bashing police." The basic premise of the column is that news outlets are quick to point out mistakes made by police officers, but fail to recognize all the good that men and women in blue actually do for society. I don't fault Ms. Malkin on that point. I agree with her and am staunchly pro-police. What bothers me about her column is that it includes this passage, "[W]e'll be subjected to wall-to-wall coverage of the Tasered pregnant lady and the shot-out SUV. But you won't see Peter Jennings reporting on the tragic loss of Denver Detective Donald R. Young. The married father of two and a recipient of the police medal of honor was shot three times from behind last weekend in a cold-blooded ambush." (Italics added).

Has Malkin been hibernating over the last few months? We won't see Peter Jennings reporting on the loss of a Denver police detective or the death of the pope or the evacuation of the Capitol or anything else for that matter. Why? Because the guy has lung cancer and hasn't appeared on the air (or publicly reported any news) since April 5. The way things are going, it is doubtful that he'll ever occupy the anchor chair of World News Tonight again. Given that fact, why not write, "You won't see [Brian Williams, Bob Schieffer, Charlie Gibson, Elizabeth Vargas, Katie Couric, etc.]" instead of dropping the name of a man who is battling an advanced stage of lung cancer?

Do what Malkin says to do - thank a cop for his hard work. Thank a soldier too. When you're giving thanks, if you happen to get naked and bite a dog in an attempt to make some news, just don't expect Peter Jennings to report the story. He hasn't been on the air for more than a month. He has lung cancer.

Posted by fool on May 13, 2005 02:55 AM

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