Yeah, Yeah, ‘Grim Milestone’, We Get It Already

Sheesh.

I hate to be flip about this topic, but I am addressing the way the press handles
it more than the actual tragedy of losing our four thousandth brave volunteer
in Iraq. I had to create a jpeg here to show in graphic detail how unimaginative
and welded to their narrative the press is when it comes to Iraq. Mentioning
the overused and tired phrase ‘grim milestone’ not once, but three times
within the headline and first two grafs of the story?

Oops! When I created the jpeg I missed those fourth and fifth grim milestones up
at the right under that video.

I’d say this is almost Onion-like as a self-parody of what our press has devolved
into. Except it isn’t the least bit funny.

Crossposted from Ken McCracken