and, of course, the news of these head removals was given in the passive voice, removing any agent of removal. from this we can conclude that no one knows how these heads were removed (the passive voice rears its ugly head once again; well, at least it still has its head, unlike these poor bastards). perhaps the three men in question fell afoul of some rare species of bloodsucking vampire moths that needed an infusion so badly that they removed the men's heads to get at the blood...of course, I could be wrong about that.

whoa, I used the passive voice twice in the previous comment, the first time without even thinking about it. damn, I could get a job at npr. well, it's always nice to know that you have prospects, isn't it?

Stephen, c'mon... you would expect anything less of NPR / NYT uber-pc? These are the same folks that called the Chechyn child-killing, child-raping, child-torturing, child-molesting terrorists / killers / psychopaths...."militants". Even "frank" finds this one same ol', same ol'....

Come to think of it, wasn't "militant" one of the words to describe "uppity" black people in the 60's who were demanding their civil rights? Our black friends should be incredibly insulted.

Stephen, bigger fish need frying. You need to weigh in on the CBS / 60 Minutes / Rather / forged docs. This cover-up stone-walling by CBS could ultimately be the undoing of Kerry '04 (not that its mostly undone at this point anyway). Keep the pressure on in the blogosphere and, eventually, the "truth will out..."

This morning (9-16), I heard NPR say that two illegal aliens from Iran had to "alter the facts" on their immigration papers in order to stay in the U.S. Now they're upset because they're being detained.

The last I checked, facts are inherently unalterable, and to alter them is to LIE.

If this is NPR's mindset, then it's no wonder the legacy media are in this hellish condition.

I agree. I also think that the news media needs to be aggressive when including quotations, characterizing lies at least as being incorrect. The Times lets the Bush campaign talk to its readers without any commentary whatsoever. For instance, when they say things like "they have no plan for the future" about the Kerry campaign, the Times is obliged to correct that record. If they're not prepared to, they shouldn't give the campaigns access to the readers; the reporters are fact checked, so should the campaigns be.

What a coincidence. I had just observed to myself that NPR is a self-fornicating perpetual motion machine when there they are providing a demonstration.

The people who are beheaded are actually called "top challenged" by really politically correct observers and commentators.

I too am disturbed by the terms being used by the media. I have grown weary of listening to the "mainstream" media as have most of the other folks if the ratings during the conventions bear any evidence. Of course, I would suppose that when the "mainstream" media fails to garner listeners/readers/viewers they no longer can claim to be "mainstream".

This is what gets you upset? The use of the passive voice by a radio show personality? But the president's uncountable slipups are nothing, huh? Orwell indeed.

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