Capturing reality

It was always the case that Mark Steyn’s true talent is for humor, not for political journalism or any kind of serious commentary, and here’s a truly funny, if ghastly, thing he said to Hugh Hewitt in a radio interview:

You know, Tim Russert said today, he defended NBC, the media’s Iraq coverage, by saying we capture reality. Yeah, they capture reality in the same sense that those insurgent guys capture people. They saw its head off and shout Allah Akhbar at reality. That’s what they’re doing when they capture reality.

Posted by Lawrence Auster at March 26, 2006 01:14 AM | Send