Thursday, December 11

Instapundit, among other blogs, got rather upset recently at the lack of media coverage on a demonstration in Iraq. It was an anti-terrorism demonstration- with signs displaying such slogans as "No to Terrorism and killing citizens!" Insti's complaint is that if this were an anti-american demonstration, the press would have been all over it.

The silliness of this bit of rampage is a prime example of typing before you think. Apart from the rather vulnerable presumption (how much coverage of the Bush effigy in London get?), if Professor Reynolds had taken a moment to pause and reflect on this, he may have come to a realization: THIS WAS AN ANTI-TERRORIST DEMONSTRATION!
Covering this would be like covering an anti-cancer demonstration. Everyone agrees. There's no controversy on this point.

Now. Had the same demonstration been held in Palistine, or amongst an Al Queda camp, we might have a story.
(No, I don't think the majority of Palistinians are terrorists- but there is no doubt a powerful group there that has made it a military objective to kill use terror and kill citizens.)