The Today Show

The Today Show - Floating In a Contextless Universe - I don't know why I do this, but here goes:

1. On the Today show, after his context-mangling performance at the 9/11 hearings, he ranged from the sublime - "Al Quaeda is more like Pol Pot" - to the ridiculous; about the invasion of Iraq, he says "in some was we're providing [young Arab radicals] an excuse to join the jihad"

2. A subtle yet sickening example of spin. Kerrey said, when asked about the risks in Iraq, that the situation could [emphasis mine] evolve into a civil war.

   Not sixty seconds later, Katie Couric, in an interview with White House staffer Dan Bartlett, said: "...today, you see people who formerly supporter the war saying that we're on the brink of a civil war..."

   He said no such thing.

3. Tim Russert is referring, over and over, to "the September 11 Families". This "organization" represents 1/2 of 1% of the families of the victims. Why are they given full credence as representatives for the victims?
4. For the fiftieth time this morning, an anchor is referring to "the first anniversary of the fall of Hussein", over tape of the statue being pulled down, with full ironic juxtaposition wedged into their concerned tones. "Look! It's been a year, and Iraq isn't a sandy New Hampshire yet!"