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MSNBC Games McCain Speech with Irrelevant “Breaking News”
As has sadly become commonplace, Amanda at Think Progress missed another story today, even though this one slapped her right between the eyes.
Her post, McCain’s Speech On Progress In Iraq Interrupted By News Of Mortars Hitting The Green Zone, notes that MSNBC interrupted a John McCain speech about progress being made in the Iraq War with the breaking news story that four mortar shells hit Baghdad’s Green Zone, an unremarkable development as Sadrists and insurgents have used mortars for harassment and interdiction (H&I) fires frequently throughout the war, usually to little effect.
There were no known casualties at the time the story was reported, and there was no known targets of importance hit. What Amanda did not grasp is the utter lack of a legitimate reason for MSNBC producers to break into McCain’s speech, other than to try to undermine his message.
MSNBC needs to justify this “breaking news” event by proving that they have broken into other live events on their network to cover minor Green Zone mortar attacks during the campaign season.
Somehow, I doubt they can.
As much as I hate McCain, I hate the flagrantly biased MSM more.
