Jihad Jane
Excuse me, PBS Newshour, but "Jihad Jane" is not a news story. Instead of pretending that our national security organs have scored a major coup, that INTERPOL and every other foreign security service are taking this seriously, why don't you spend more than fifteen seconds on Israel's move to construct new apartments on Palestinian land? Did you notice, by the way, that Israel made the announcement during Vice President Biden's visit? That's real news. Why spend five minutes on "Jihad Jane?" She's just one more American suffering from bipolar disorder. Out of every ten thousand people like her perhaps one will become sufficiently agitated to climb a water tower and start shooting. But she and most of the rest probably would do fine if they take their medications. Who's kidding whom that she's news?
Posted by George Kenney on March 10, 2010 8:43 PM 
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Jihad Jane is lard dropped in a hot frying pan. PBS is still television. Television news (in fact all of broadcast news) is an oxymoron. And especially for PBS, anything with the slightest anti-Israel scent drives sponsors and donors to more "agreeable" charities.
Posted by: Richard Greener | March 11, 2010 4:15 PM
Intially msm rolled this story out on the 3rd and 4th of march but the massa story got in the way.
http://www.homelandsecurityus.com/PDF/LaRose-Indictment.pdf
A detailed account of the time line can be heard here at 50min into the show.
http://is.gd/agegU
Very entertaining hosts who supply docs.
[Thanks, Connie! g.]
Posted by: connie | March 13, 2010 10:02 PM
You're right George. This is NOT news. However, for those who would like to convince the public that there is a significant Islamic terrorist contingent in the US, it is one more story to trumpet at us. "See! Be afraid!" This is a logical prerequisite for a crack-down against other elements of civilian society and for that we should be "very afraid" indeed.
Posted by: TinFoil | March 28, 2010 9:18 AM