Sandy Berger Sandy Berger
July 25, 2004

Every time I try to think about Sandy Berger shoving state secrets into his drawers, the media distract me. How? By talking about Sandy Berger and then--talking about something else later. Yes, the media are CHANGING THE SUBJECT. Just like they always do. The media have long used the tactic of reporting stuff and then not reporting on the stuff they've been reporting on--all in an effort to fill our heads with news, then dilute it with different news.

According to the Media Research Center's 1,768th Cyber Alert (http://www.mrc.org), some reporters who once talked about how Sandy Berger made a pair of Depends Diapers out of National Security Documents--ARE NO LONGER TALKING ABOUT SANDY BERGER. In particular, MRC says that the following reporters are especially guilty of reporting the Berger story--only not to report it the day after they reported it. And apparently, they continued not to report it the day after that:

Time magazine's Joe Klein was talking about Sandy Berger on CNN's Paula Zahn Now. The CBS Evening News was talking about Sandy Berger. ABC's Peter Jennings was talking about Sandy Berger. On NBC Nightly News, Andrea Mitchell was talking about Sandy Berger. Tom Brokaw was talking about Sandy Berger. Today co-host Matt Lauer was talking about Sandy Berger. So was Couric. She even talked to Sandy Berger's attorney. David Gergen was talking about Sandy Berger. George Stephanopoulos was talking about Sandy Berger. ABC?s Linda Douglass was talking about Sandy Berger. Charles Gibson wastalking about Sandy Berger.

But guess what? None if these people kept talking about Sandy Berger. It's as if they want us to believe that the news, once reported, CHANGES,replaced by other so-called "current" events.

And it's working, too. According to Google's Zeitgeist, the Top 10 Gaining Google Queries for the Week Ending July 19, 2004, are:

1. martha stewart

2. chad michael murray

3. british open

4. michael tata

5. sharon stone

6. courtney love

7. bobby fischer

8. bastille day

9. kobe bryant

10. emmy nominations

Where is the Sandy Berger Zeitgeist? It is kaput. Does anyone need further proof of the media's attempt to bury this story?

Help me turn the tide. Defy the corporate liberal media. Let's make this Talk About Sandy Berger Week and discuss nothing but SandyBerger.

I'll start:

Did you hear about Sandy Berger? Well, the Republicans did, about 10 months ago. I'm glad they finally thought to tell us about it. A week before the 9/11 report. Phew! Had they waited a few days longer, we may have REALLY been distracted from the Sandy Berger story. Kudos to the Republicans forkeeping us focused on The Big Important Stuff.

Viva the story of Sandy Berger!

The Heathen