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Foiled
: Jason Calacanis has a report of two “Middle-Eastern men” who tried to hijack a helicopter. Turns out they were employees of NBC news out for a story. And the good news: They were led away in handcuffs. That could just mean that journalists are dumber than hijackers, but I prefer to see it as an indication that the system is working.
Anybody want to bet me that we won’t see that story on NBC news? Of course if they had gotten away with it, then it would be the lead story.
You may see the story – just rewritten as “The evils of racial profiling” or somesuch. I mean two swarthy, yet innocent men led away in chains…
Two down, thousands more to go! Mainstream journalists, that is… ;-)
This is going to get blamed on Bush.
Actually, I think it will be on NBC. They’re no the ones trying to scare th crap out of the country.
It is good news that someone is caught in this kind of reverse sting operation.