Terri
11-09-2007, 09:26 AM
By Oliver North
November 9, 1007
It's been a tough week for democracy and American diplomacy. In Pakistan, President Pervez Musharraf pulled a coup against himself, and U.S. diplomats apparently were stunned. In Venezuela, President Hugo Chavez pulled a coup against his countrymen, and U.S. diplomats once again, well ... were stunned. The difference in political attention and media coverage accorded these two affairs has been -- for lack of a better word -- stunning.
Print and broadcast coverage of events nearly half the world away in Pakistan has been ubiquitous since Musharraf declared a "state of emergency" and fired his self-appointed Supreme Court last Saturday. Photos and footage of protesting, out-of-work, Pakistani lawyers being dragged away in handcuffs by police in Islamabad have produced breathless coverage from correspondents who also freely reported that there is now no freedom of the press in Pakistan.
More (http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/onorth/2007/on_11091.shtml)
November 9, 1007
It's been a tough week for democracy and American diplomacy. In Pakistan, President Pervez Musharraf pulled a coup against himself, and U.S. diplomats apparently were stunned. In Venezuela, President Hugo Chavez pulled a coup against his countrymen, and U.S. diplomats once again, well ... were stunned. The difference in political attention and media coverage accorded these two affairs has been -- for lack of a better word -- stunning.
Print and broadcast coverage of events nearly half the world away in Pakistan has been ubiquitous since Musharraf declared a "state of emergency" and fired his self-appointed Supreme Court last Saturday. Photos and footage of protesting, out-of-work, Pakistani lawyers being dragged away in handcuffs by police in Islamabad have produced breathless coverage from correspondents who also freely reported that there is now no freedom of the press in Pakistan.
More (http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/onorth/2007/on_11091.shtml)