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For reporting that is an embarrassment to the profession of journalism, and for being beholden to corporate paymasters rather than the citizens of America.
Norman Podhoretz qualifies
for consideration as a BuzzFlash Media Putz because he edited
the magazine "Commentary" for
many years and now serves as its editor-at-large.
Let's just cut to the chase: Podhoretz, who is often interviewed
and described as the "dean" of the Neo-Con movement,
casually stated in a recent
interview:
"If we were to bomb the Iranians as I hope and pray
we will, we'll unleash a wave of anti-Americanism all over
the
world
that will make the anti-Americanism we've experienced so
far look like a lovefest. On the other hand -- that's a worst
case
scenario, and worst case scenarios don't always materialize."
Uh, Mr. Podhoretz, we ended up with the worst case scenario
in Iraq, and are getting there in Pakistan -- and the Taliban
are retaking Afghanistan, so we'll just accept your post-"lovefest" scenario
as highly likely.
What do they call people like Podhoretz? Dr. Strangeloves?
Podhoretz is an intellectual "mentor" of Bush --
and a soul mate of Cheney, which kind of makes us feel just
a wee bit apprehensive. It's no wonder Bush recently gave Podhoretz
a Presidential Medal of Freedom. How much more horrifically
ironic could it get?
It can. Podhoretz is also a foreign policy advisor to Rudy
Giuliani. Good grief!
And Podhoretz recently published a book, "World War IV:
The Long Struggle Against Islamofascism." BuzzFlash nominator
Yigal Joseph of Yonkers, New York noted: "Not satisfied
with bringing us to the brink of World War III, this Putz wants
to skip straight to World War IV."
In "Annie Hall," Woody Allen gets off the zinger
that the intellectual magazine "Dissent" and "Commentary" had
merged to form "Dysentery."
As the BuzzFlash Media Putz of the Week and "Godfather" to
the Neo-Cons, Norman Podhoretz is much more harmful than a
bad case of dysentery. He provides the likes of frat boy Bush
with the intellectual cover to pursue Armageddon.
The only question left for the Media Putz club is to ask whether
Podhoretz's apocalypse will be broadcast live on FOX. We can't
imagine that they would miss it, well, for the end of the world.
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