Furtive Glances

As I'm traveling, I don't know that I'll have much more to write until perhaps Sunday.  But with a lull in the action this morning I thought I'd highlight a few interesting stories.

• An X-ceptional speech was given by VP Cheney the other day.  Someone at CNN "chose" to show their respect and admiration for the VP by repeatedly flashing a large black "X" over his face during the speech.  Political Teen has the video, though Jeff Harrell had some technical quibbles with it.  It was, allegedly, a "technical glitch."  But a phone operator fielding a call complaining about the disrespect showed further disrespect, insisting the caller "tell your president to stop lying."  That phone operator has been fired.   Such a "technical glitch" infuriated Democrats when the word "rats" flashed briefly during a campaign ad last year.  CNN, however, is an "unbiased" media outlet, and unaffiliated, or so we are led to believe, with a particular political party.
  While this may have been simply a technical glitch, I suspect the real explanation is that a CNN employee knew that the background transition graphic, normally not visible, could be made visible, and did so for effect.  Not the whole network; a single employee.
• Another "unbiased" media source is Chris Matthews of Hardball.  Demonstrating fairly clearly that such a characterization may be inaccurate, first he explains in Toronto that "The person on the other side is not evil. They just have a different perspective."  (HT: Power Line)  Then he gives full flight to liberal talking points in a softball Q&A with Paul Hackett, running for Senate in Ohio.  Political Teen Ian has the video.
• Kevin Aylward hosting an Open Source Media Pajamas Media logo contest, but I think this guy had the idea first.
• Ace of Spades flags Bill Richardson for "resume enhancement."    It seems Gov. Richardson has been telling people for quite a while that he was drafted by the Kansas City Athletics, or at least allowing the story to go unchallenged.  Now Richardson has researched it and found that it's not true.

Comments

[Will Franklin]

Richardson and "Athletics" don't really go together.