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Patrick Henningsen
April 16, 2012
If one man ever embodied all that is wrong with the mainstream media major propaganda outlets, it’s Geraldo Rivera. He’s masquerading as a journalist in Afghanistan again, this time performing his duties as the media’s weapon of mass distraction.
Following yesterday’s Taliban offensive where a number of Afghanistan’s urban areas were hit in a coordinated paramilitary attack, FOX aired its program entitled “Geraldo at Large”. Tough-talking embedded reporter Rivera admitted that he didn’t see any of the action because he was locked inside the US embassy when the Taliban offensive took place.
When the smoke finally cleared, and it was safe to come out, FOX’s brave journalist emerged, this time on camera with an Afghan translator who was allegedly phoning a Taliban fighter for some post-attack commentary.
Rivera started in with, “Ask him how it feels to get his ass kicked.”
When the Taliban on the phone replied, Geraldo promptly interrupted him, ironically telling his FOX viewers not to listen because, “… it’s propaganda”.
Displaying his professional journalistic skills, Geraldo finished off his segment by shouting at the Taliban through the phone, calling him out from a safe distance:
“You jerk-off, what did you win?!”
