Journaganda Review

Okay so Rubin is low-hanging fruit, but the point is whether she is actually so stupid to write something like this in advance of knowing the facts. I say no. Rubin speaks for Wall Street and this was a opportunity to spin for the war on terror. Since she works for the same elite who publishes the Post, she can make a million "mistakes" like this without suffering any consequences. An opportunity for propaganda presented itself and she seized it, that's what her blog is for. That it now appears that she was way off base and evincing bias is of no concern to somebody whose goals are not journalistic.

Some lowlights:

This is a sobering reminder for those who think it’s too expensive to wage a war against jihadists. I spoke to Gary Schmitt of the American Enterprise Institute, who has been critical of proposed cuts in defense and of President Obama’s Afghanistan withdrawal plan. “There has been a lot of talk over the past few months on how we’ve got al-Qaeda on the run and, compared with what it once was, it’s become a rump organization. But as the attack in Oslo reminds us, there are plenty of al-Qaeda allies still operating. No doubt cutting the head off a snake is important; the problem is, we’re dealing with global nest of snakes.”

Sobering indeed.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/post/norway-bombing/2011/03/29/gIQAB4D3TI_blog.html