In all the furor over an unthinking op ed on the death of Pat Tillman that ran in the student newspaper at UMass Amherst, I forgot to link to this piece by Matt Taibbi of the New York Press:
THE INSTANT I heard that former Arizona Cardinals safety Pat Tillman had been killed in action in Afghanistan, my heart sank. "There goes the first 20 minutes of tonight's Sportscenter broadcast," I thought sadly. Red Sox-Yankees highlights would have to wait, while Stuart Scott and Suzy Kolber performed their obligatory grim ablutions over ESPN's computer-generated, soft-piano rhythms.
Yeah, I'm sure plenty of others had that reaction too.
UPDATE: And more trash courtesy of MSNBC.
CORRECTION: Here's Rall's original cartoon about Tillman, which it pulled down unannounced earlier today. Link courtesy Instapundit.
The bigger political picture really has nothing to do with Tillman’s story. But of course, the hawks aren’t going to be the only one’s to exploit this event.
Flags were at half staff up and down the penninsula. Sad day.