Wolf Blitzer sinks to a new low

Today on CNN’s Late Edition, Blitzer said he was “surprised” at Cheney’s “sniping at my patriotism,”

Nice choice of words there, eh.

It's bad enough that CNN ran a terrorist propaganda tape showing American troops minutes before getting shot complete with the obligatory Allah Akwar.

It was worse when they tried to defend such a thing by admitting it was acquired from an intermediary who negotiated with one of the worst Ba'athist-rooted insurgent groups in the country (by now everyone should be aware of CNN's 'special relationship' with Saddam. Are they?).

It was even worse when the Vice President's wife recently felt the need to ask Wolf if CNN really wanted the US to win in Iraq. For her trouble the Second Lady is now receiving the treatment.

Now this.

Someone should ask Blitzer and CNN to define what they believe a US-based media outlet's role should be in a war. Should they become a conduit for enemy propaganda in the name of getting the story out? Does placing "enemy propaganda" on the clips absolve them of everything?

If so, then perhaps CNN would like to balance their coverage a bit. Maybe they could obtain some American gun camera video--through an intermediary of course--to show the 'other side'. Perhaps a nice shot of a couple of terrorists caught in the act of planting roadside bombs, fade to black a split second before they meet Allah. Or perhaps US citizens falling from the top of WTC all the way to the ground. Fade to black a split second before impact, of course.

Blitzer's not fooling anyone. Enemy snipers have been operating in Iraq for a LONG TIME, yet they saw no reason to give them special coverage until less than a month before the election. But coverage is one thing, gun camera video another. If they can't see the difference there's no hope for 'em.