http://video.on.nytimes.com/?fr_story=3b4514d0475403ef66dd102886021d893aef75ad

PATHETIC

They rise to the responsibility of candor and proportion in the media.

They probably dominate the New York media, and even the Los Angeles media.

They don't dominate the newspaper publishers or television stations in Kansas, or Texas, or even New Hampshire.

They don't dominate the press services, domestic or international.

Its a canard.

More than 60 people — including two leaders of the Hindu Rights Action Force, or Hindraf, that organized the protest — have been detained in a police crackdown since late Friday, said lawyer N. Surendran, a Hindraf member.

The group planned to hand roses and a protest note to Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, but police banned the rally citing national security.

Barricades were set up along main roads leading to Parliament but more than 200 people managed to gather nearby Saturday shouting "Long Live Hindraf" and "We want our rights."

Police sprayed water and fired tear gas after the crowd ignored warnings to disperse. At least 20 people, including a Hindraf leader S. Manikavasagam, were detained Saturday, said a police official, who declined to be named citing protocol.

Surendran said at least 40 others were arrested since late Friday.

"This is ridiculous … We just want to express our right to freely assemble," Surendran told The Associated Press. "This is a massive campaign of intimidation."

It was the first public gathering by the group since police used tear gas and water cannon to crush a Nov. 25 demonstration by at least 20,000 Indians in Kuala Lumpur.

The rally came ahead of general elections on March 8.

The November protest sparked fears of racial tension in this ethnic Malay Muslim-majority nation, and led to the arrest of five Hindraf leaders in December under the Internal Security Act, which allows indefinite imprisonment without trial.

Many Indians allege they are deprived of employment and education opportunities and say their temples are being systematically destroyed.

The government says it does not discriminate against ethnic Indians, who form 8 percent of Malaysia's 27 million people and remain at the bottom of Malaysia's economic and political hierarchy.

Right on. The price we're paying for the attachment to Israel is obvious. The more interesting question is what are the broader, more "social fabric"-type consequences of the whole media culture. I wouldn't put the problem in in terms of elitism (which is unavoidable), but in terms of the hostility or alienation of that elite (cf. MacDonald).

BTW, Jeff Zucker is more than an NBC exec. He's the President of the whole NBC Televison Group. And the person under him in charge of news at NBC is Neal Shapiro.

Americans have access to five sources of electronic news: ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, and CNN. The news departments of all five are either Jewish run or Jewish supervised — or, as in the case of NBC, ABC, and CNN, both.

Or you can finally proceed with the painful but desperately needed introspection and reversal of course Bill. Your choice.

I hear they're making great progress with drug treatments for anxiety attack. Try that before you go in for your tattoo, Bill.