During this latest dust-up over the recent FISA developments, let us not forget that we still have to be vigilent about identifying and responding to media deception.
In an "analysis" of John McCain's recent campaign missteps (which, of course, fails to take into account his biggest missteps might be his actual, ya know, policy positions), David Espo treats us to a reminder why we shouldn't really care whether we can quote the AP or not. It covers several minor blunders, such as McSame criticizing Obama for his position on windfall profits... a position that the Great and Honorable Maverick himself has repeatedly said he would consider.
But if you read through the entirety of the article, you get treated to this gem:
Republican President Gerald Ford's declaration in 1976, at the height of the Cold War, that there was "no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe" was a memorable one.
Or more recently Democratic Sen. John Kerry's decision to go windsurfing in 2004, an event that Republicans turned into a metaphor for a politician who shifts with the wind.
Thas' right, folks... Ignorance about geopolitical realities is the same as ... windsurfing...