In like a Lion, out like a lamb

A quick search on RockyMountainNews.com reveals that over the past four years, 119 headlines have appeared about Enron alone. Yet, on the day the Andrew Fastow, former Enron CFO and Bernie Ebbers, former World-Com chief went to prison, their stories didn’t make it out of Section B; no front page headlines, no teasers on page 2A and as of 9:00pm this same day, no mention on the Paper’s Webpage. And had he survived, I suspect Ken Lay would have also gone to jail today as well. Also of note, nowhere in these reports was there any mention of the Bush Justice Department which successfully prosecuted these corporate criminals. Not surprising, coverage by the rest of the Main Stream Media (MSM) throughout America was about the same.
When it came to judging both Corporate America and the Bush Administration, there wasn’t a headline big enough. Will any of us live long enough to forget the name “Kenny Boy” which the Press repeatedly used to try and associate a criminal with the President? And how many times did you hear the words ‘Republicans’, ‘slap on the wrist’ and ‘corporate scandal’ mentioned in the same sentence, when all along it was Ashcroft and Gonzales who brought this Nation’s biggest cheats to justice.
The real ‘scandal’ here is how quickly and often the MSM assumes the worst about George W. Bush. Once again, despite their best efforts to indict the President in the Press, the truth has been made plain for all to see – that is, if you can find it hiding between Mortgage Marketplace and Obituaries & Memorials. .