got to get right on that. given the varying accounts of what happened and out right lies that he told the media, why on earth is phillips being treated like a delicate flower? while a kid who did nothing is grilled? why haven t the media actually examined the background of mr. phillips as well? why didn t savannah ask him for instance why he passed himself off as a vietnam combat vet when in fact he was a research visit serving at home who was also arrested for a salt and even at one point escaped from prison? no big deal. perhaps mr. phillips gets the benefit of the doubt in this case and others because among the media elites he enjoys something you might call minority privilege. in other words his heritage and his grievances both real and imagined entitle him to special treatment and consideration. by the way if you dare question his motives or his opinions,
wall. laura: on the internet. got to get right on that. given the varying accounts of what happened and outright lies that he told the media, why on earth is phillips being treated like a delicate flower, while a kid, who did nothing, is curled? why haven t the media actually examined the background of mr. phillips as well? why didn t savannah asked him, for instance, why he passed himself off as a vietnam combat vet when, in fact, he was a reservist serving at home who was incidentally also arrested for assault owed at one point escape from prison? no big deal. perhaps mr. phillips gets the benefit of the doubt in his case and others because, among the media lead, he enjoys it something you might call minority privilege. in other words, his heritage and grievances, both real and imagined, entitle him to special treatment and consideration.
provocative. i held many free spech conferences. i held a free speech conference with cartoonists. we weren t attacked because they are emboldened now. what i find galling is that my motives are continually questioned by the media. not the jihadists motives. look at my work. for ten years after 9/11 i have been opposing sharia and jihad, period. it s the media that have created these myths about me. why haven t the media addressed the motives i have yet to meet an american let me jump in here. one question. why hasn t the media addressed the motive? i want to get into this. juan it s a little cartoon is going to set off people to go kill other people and try to assassinate them you have to believe that anything will set them off. i think this is part of what pam
these things. why haven t the media reported as many plots and terror alerts under the obama administration? it can t be we re suddenly that much safer. i think there have been fewer threats distributed to law enforcement than in the past. that s part of the matrix, i think. is it possible the bush administration for political reasons chose to play up the war on terror in a way the obama administration has chosen not to? i don t know that the bush administration was doing it for political purposes. they had perhaps a different mindset, and there was a sense of confidence with the obama administration. there was not the need to laert the public every time they thought something was to happen. is there a danger that the media go too far in the other direction? with bin laden dead and with the color-coded alert system having been scrapped that perhaps we get it too complacent about potential threats? i guess that s possible in the wake of killing of bin laden there was concern