AFP reports on the outrage across the Middle East. Virtually any leader of note - Obama and Netanyahu among them - has come out against the idiocy of "Pastor Jones' Quran-burning event. But Tony Karon may have nailed it best when he opined (in Time mag.) that the entire thing is designed as much to give Jones a chance to use his Warholian 15 minutes of fame to make himself into a "somebody."
And one has to wonder if this is but one more manifestation of the downside of the 24-hour news cycle. Cable news services desperate to seize upon juicy stories in order to attract viewers and keep those advertising dollars rolling in.
And one has to wonder if this is but one more manifestation of the downside of the 24-hour news cycle. Cable news services desperate to seize upon juicy stories in order to attract viewers and keep those advertising dollars rolling in.
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