MSNBC interrupts a McCain speech with “breaking news” of a mortar attack in Baghdad:
. . . an unremarkable development as Sadrists and insurgents have used mortars for harassment and interdiction (H&I) fires frequently throughout the war, usually to little effect. There were no known casualties at the time the story was reported, and there was no known targets of importance hit. [There was no] legitimate reason for MSNBC producers to break into McCain’s speech, other than to try to undermine his message.
MSNBC needs to justify this “breaking news” event by proving that they have broken into other live events on their network to cover minor Green Zone mortar attacks during the campaign season.
(Via Instapundit.)
You cannot explain this sort of thing as mere incompetence.
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