...Why yes, CNN has helped the terrorists--"terrorists" being the less p.c. word than "insurgents." "Terrorists," in fact, is the word that most Americans use to label those who are avidly killing Americans in Iraq. And that's why the "snipergate" video has caused such a strong reaction in the US, because most Americans just don't think that CNN should be giving the TERRORISTS what they crave most--publicity for them and their evil works.
Still, acknowledging the "public relations benefit" for the enemy rates as a surprisingly candid admission from David Doss, producer of "Anderson Cooper 360," concerning CNN's "snipergate video." CNN turned to The Guardian, a lefty Brit newspaper that is no fan of George W. Bush or the Iraq war. Fair enough; everyone should have friends. But even in the course of spinning his side of the story to a sympathetic reporter, Doss revealed much about the "moral equivalence" mindset that afflicts so many Secular Progressives. Describing the emotional impact of watching video of Americans being shot and killed by terrorists, Doss said that he and his CNN colleagues decidee to run the video after "getting beyond the emotional debate."
In other words, all they had to do was get over their qualms about helping the enemy--after that, the decision to air the video was easy. Easy for them. Not so easy for Americans, and for those rooting for America in the War on Terror.
