MKH has a myspace page, nice girl. Appears to be very involved with Young Life.

jp on April 23, 2007 at 9:35 AM

Yeah, she’s so much more than a political commentator though she’s VERY good at that too. She genuinely cares about people and it shows in her work and in her personal life as her pics on her myspace page shows. Her celebrity status has NOT gone to her head and I doubt it ever will.

They were then reminded of responsible reporting shortly after the rush to expose and then sell the rights to other outlets.

I still say that in recompense for the pain NBC has caused that they have a responsibility to donate to the victims and the victims families.

Don’t HIDE INFORMATION!

I think Steyn is spot on.

Viper1 on April 23, 2007 at 12:37 PM

So do I. And I think the reaction to Steyn’s comments proved his point better than his essay did.

A look at history suggests that most other eras would have understood his point perfectly. We’ve so adopted a culture of passivity that even conservatives defend it.

Nobody is slamming the victims. But it is fact that in our culture, we are trained not to get involved. To look the other way. Kitty Genovese. Google it.

In other cultures, in our past – and most interestingly, in the very cultures we seem to most admire – last Monday morning would have been very different. Or, at least, the reaction would have been different.

I find it fascinating that we live in a culture that turns a movie like “300″ into a phenomenon – yet to suggest that standing and fighting IN REAL LIFE isn’t a bad idea gets soundly criticized, even by conservatives.

Go figure.

what do you guys think about Mark Steyn’s points in all this?

I think we live in a new and unique age where Information/Images are able to reach people instantly. Its the war component of our enemies, to get on our TV screens and affect our emotions on the issue, same for nutjobs like this VT loon.

jp on April 23, 2007 at 10:42 AM

I think Steyn is spot on.

But then I started thinking about 9/11. It seems that the major networks have shied away anymore from showing the towers’ collapse, a decision which I don’t agree with.

So how can it bother me that the tower collapse is *not* shown, yet the Cho rantings *are* shown? So reluctantly, I guess NBC made the correct decision.

Regardless, though, I agree with doufree; MKH is going places. She comes across very well on camera, is definitely knowledgable, and is able to articulate her thoughts without sounding like she’s got a chip on her shoulder.

- The Cat

The obvious difference here is that Cho’s dead, while Osama may still be alive. Here’s something that just popped into my head – maybe we’re more willing to excuse the media for airing Osama’s diatribes because when we finally do assassinate him in some Pakastani cave, and violate Pakistan’s sovereignty when we do it, we can say “Hey, it’s not like he didn’t deserve it.”

Airing Cho’s tapes post-mortem doesn’t have any of that “we’ll get you some day” drama attached to it. It’s just a matter of prurient interest.

Anyway, that’s just off the top of my head.

NBC did the right thing, they can continue this trend by cutting Olbermann

EricPWJohnson on April 23, 2007 at 10:34 AM

You can call what NBC a lot of things – you can even argue that it was a financially wise decision, or a virtual necessity from a business and media standpoint – but to call it the “right thing” is so laughable I wouldn’t even know where to start.

I mean, besides laughing.

It was as far from “right” as you can possibly get. I can say with absolute certainty that the word “right” never even occurred to them.

Right? Heh. As if.

Evolution created that cutie? Not a chance.

Intriguing… NBC “gets it” here, but they can’t seem to get it when it comes to Iraq. Also intriguing… such an argument as presented above shows that, no matter how a media outlet claims to be unbiased, there’s simply no way not to be.

what do you guys think about Mark Steyn’s points in all this?

Not much.

You can make the same point about Bin Laden, though. “Huh. So he is a fanatic Muslim who wants to destroy the United States. I guess the CIA was right.” I still want to see it.

Two days after 9/11? Not me.

I think we live in a new and unique age where Information/Images are able to reach people instantly. Its the war component of our enemies, to get on our TV screens and affect our emotions on the issue, same for nutjobs like this VT loon.

I was about the load up this YouTube, and Allah beat me to it, as usual.I believe the show assumed I was anti-NBC in the Cho video controversy, which I’m not. I just don’t see how a news outlet gets news like that and doesn’t do something with it.Do…

Comeon let get our heads on straight. As far as the pain of the family it is closure to an extent to look in the face of evil and know that person is gone as well and their loved one was indeed an innocent victim.

I feel deeply and strongly for the families all of them, having a daughter about college age its emotiional for me as well especially living overseas in the middle east.

No one should lose a child, no one, my prayers and sympathies go out to them.

NBC did the right thing, they can continue this trend by cutting Olbermann

If you’ve got bad news to break, break it all at once.

Agreed.

Videos like this make the net-waves rather quickly anyway.

NBC airing the videos before they go on Youtube, and are then linked here at Hot Air, just means we all see them a few days/weeks sooner.

Wait, so the guy who shot 32 people was unpleasant and insane? How about that.

You can make the same point about Bin Laden, though. “Huh. So he is a fanatic Muslim who wants to destroy the United States. I guess the CIA was right.” I still want to see it.

If you’ve got bad news to break, break it all at once.

Still not sure how it qualified as news. Wait, so the guy who shot 32 people was unpleasant and insane? How about that.