Ed Henry on his knees....

I'll have more to say on this later, but for now, read THIS....

Okay, now it's later...

I was really planning on just letting this issue go the way of all things, but the more I thought about Ed Henry's OP-Ed the more I realized just how freaking seriously wrong this was.

Understand that, according to the piece Mr. Henry wrote, he found himself in an uncomfortable position when he was asked much earlier than he anticipated to ask a question... any question that he happened to have. He hemmed, hawed, considered, and went for broke and took the plunge and asked... THE QUESTION. Specifically, why did hussein wait so long to say anything about the AIG bonuses when he knew a few weeks in advance.

He then goes on to say he had realized he had incurred the president's ire over this, as did all of the reporters, who had an audible series of nervous chuckles (mostly, I'm guessing, thankful that it wasn't them....). I'm hoping it was sweat that darkened his pants legs....

He finishes up the piece helpfully pointing out that he is reasonably sure that president hussein is still his BFF, and that the prez understands that Ed was just doing his job.

OH MY EFFIN' LORD!!!!!!!!!!

What school of journalism does CNN scout for new talent at? Do you realize that this means that the press is scared feces-less over getting this guy upset with them. They are so desperate to be in his good graces that it's quite likely that Rahm Emmanual did NOT walk over to Ed Henry after the piece to tell him to get knee pads and start begging for HIS forgiveness. Given this level of fear, it's likely Ed actually wrote this Op Ed of his own recourse.

And CNN is so happy that he decided to write it they couldn't wait to run it.

To apologize to the president for... for... umm... doing his job.

To simplify this without my usual hyperbole, Ed Henry of CNN was so distraught that he offended the president that he wrote an apology to the president and posted it publicly. Does he say he's sorry? Not in so many words, but think about the piece and ask yourself, "What other possible reason could there be for writing that?".

I think this is what's called "Yellow Journalism". Or perhaps "Scaredy Cat Journalism". Come up with your own nick-name... it's fun.

What level of power makes CNN piss their pants for fear of offending can this man have? What threat lies over the head of the mainstream media that they are terrified of the thought of it being used against them?

I'm trying hard to do two things here... not rely on Rush Limbaugh for my talking points (I actually blogged on the AIG exec PRIOR to it being mentioned on the Rush show yesterday...) because frankly Rush doesn't need my help to spread the word... and I try to think these things through on my own, however couched in the deduction and parsing that I have learned from among others, Rush Limbaugh... so that you might find my writing either amusing, edifying, or at the very least smear-worthy.

I don't recall a time in my life when the press was afraid to challenge and ask pointed questions of our leaders. It's generally considered that once that goes the way of all things then you are no longer in a free society.

Dear Lord... that means I want CNN to succeed!

My, how the times have changed.

I'm Dr. Calamity and I approve this message.