The Right State

What is it about terrorists that so enthralls CBS and the rest of the MSM?  Dan Rather said the time he spent with Fidel Castro was the most exciting time in his life.  Dan interviewed Saddam Hussein and enjoyed his time with the dictator describing him as honest and intriguing.  And now Mike Wallace’s interview with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmaddinejad was one of his most memorable?

Twenty-seven years after a chilling sit-down with Ayatollah Khomeini that was one of Mike Wallace’s most memorable, the CBS newsman snagged an interview this week with current Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Teheran. (snip)

Of Ahmadinejad, Wallace said, “He’s an impressive fellow, this guy. He really is. He’s obviously smart as hell.”

Wallace said he was surprised to find that the Iranian president was still a college professor who taught a graduate-level course.

“You’ll find him an interesting man,” he said. “I expected more of a firebrand. I don’t think he has the slightest doubt about how he feels … about the American administration and the Zionist state. He comes across as more rational than I had expected.”  (emphasis added by TRS)

Now he is quoting Ahmaddinejad, calling Israel the ‘Zionist state.”  It is truly embarrassing when a formerly ‘respected’ news correspondent gushes all over a terrorist who is the leader of a terrorist nation.  How quickly the MSM forgets all of the terrorist acts Iran has been involved in, especially those against the United States.

I still remember the 444 days Iran, and Ahmaddinejad, held our embassy people hostage.  I still remember the suicide car bomb which killed 241 Marines on a peacekeeping mission in Lebanon.  The attack was committed by Hezbollah with the help of Iran.  I remember the Army Colonel who was kidnapped and tortured to death by Hezbollah with the help of the Iranians.  But none of this seems to bother Mike Wallace.

With the way Wallace gushing all over him, I just hope the Iranian President brought a towel to dry himself off.  For his part, I would bet Ahmeddinejad was happy too.  He just received a softball interview with a reporter who loves and admires him.  It is really despicable when our news media can not be Americans first and interviewers second.

Tags: Iran, Bias, War //