Jeff Jacoby, who recently moved to, and dramatically improved, the Sunday Boston Globe editorial page, discusses the CBS '60 minutes' pro-Castro propaganda report on Elian Gonzalez 6 years after his repatriation to the oppressive communist island nation.
Well, it is good to know that Elian thinks so highly of Castro. And one must admire the restraint shown by ''60 Minutes," which somehow managed to avoid mentioning that Elian's friend and surrogate ''father" is also the world's longest-ruling tyrant, a sadist who has killed or imprisoned tens of thousands of dissidents, and, not incidentally, the Stalinist thug who drove Elizabet Brotons -- Elian's mother -- to her death in the Florida Straits.
Read the whole thing. '60 minutes should be ashamed of themselves, but I repeat myself.
10/9/05 1340: More must-reads around Blogland:
- We've heard about the BBC 'documentary' in which Palestinian spokesmen will allege that President Bush told them "God told me to end the tyranny in Iraq." Norm Geras wonders why such a reference to divine direction, denied by the White House, is to be ridiculed if spoken by those on the right, but respected if spoken by terrorists.
- Rob Port wants you to know a little more about the recent 'bad' poll numbers for the President. Accordingly, have a look at Scott Rasmussen's tracking poll on Bush for perspective.
- Rick Moran produces more baseball-obsessed blogging, this time an expanded look at the crucial bottom of the sixth on Friday night at Fenway, compared to my brief summary that evening.
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