The New York Post ran a story this morning asking various Americans how they’d like to personally get their revenge against the killers who decapitated Michael Berg in Iraq. It’s sort of in the same style as one of the paper’s “what are you doing on vacation” roundups, except that instead of answers like “we’re going to the Hamptons,” this one has answers like “then they should be skinned alive for all the world to see."
Now that’s all well and good, and some of the ideas are creative, but there’s just one problem: Even though the headline of the piece is “'Revenge!' Cries Echo From Coast to Coast,” the lede is the following:
From the Big Apple to Nick Berg's hometown of West Chester, Pa., horrified Americans cried for revenge over the savage beheading of Nick Berg.
Didn’t realize the definition of “coast to coast” was the Manhattan-to-suburban-Philly corridor. What, people aren’t pissed off in the rest of the country too? This East Coast Bias is the sort of thing I expect from the Times, not the Post.
Oh well, it could’ve been worse; the Post could’ve led off with “from Westchester to West Chester...”
Meanwhile, it’s been reported that Berg’s father was (and is) a member of International ANSWER. Watch the right proceed to turn on the family en masse.
Posted by Stephen Silver at May 13, 2004 06:37 PMWhen New Yorkers say "coast-to-coast," they mean from the East Coast to the... Hudson Coast.
Posted by: Matthew :) at May 13, 2004 09:45 PMFrom what I actually saw (via a link to) the Democratic Underground, it turns out that the father's name was already identified on a Free Republic posting (of people who signed an ANSWER petition). I can try and find the link if you'd like.
I think the most rabid of the right (the Free Republic crowd--they're really out there) has already turned on the Father; but not the son.
Posted by: jaws at May 14, 2004 01:16 AMHere's the link to the Free Republic list (just search for Berg on the page and you'll find the dad's name)
Posted by: jaws at May 14, 2004 10:45 AM