Media Bias

-By Dan Scott

The world can be a dangerous place and even more so when we fail to understand the motivations of the various actors on the world stage. Recently, North Korea (DPRK) has provoked the world yet again with the launching of another alleged missile over Japan. For well over a month there was an uproar over the impending launch with warnings and counter warnings. The US threatened to shoot the missile down and the DPRK said shooting their satellite down would be an act of war thus the line was drawn in the sand, each side daring and doubling daring each other. The DPRK claims it was a satellite and most of the world says it was a missile. The DPRK launches and says the satellite is harmlessly orbiting the earth broadcasting patriotic songs but the US says it shot the third stage down. So whose truth (sarcasm intended) do we believe? I guess that depends on the most probable believable story. The US has already demonstrated it can either shoot down a missile in flight or a satellite in orbit. Given the anti-war stances of President Obama, would he risk war with the DPRK in shooting down a missile? Given the Dear Leader’s cushy little spot in power would he risk finding himself in the same position as Saddam Hussein??? The Dear Leader is no slouch in world affairs, after all he got Madeline Albright to play basketball! Maybe the most believable story is the dummy load fell into the Pacific Ocean instead of achieving orbit and Obama never gave the order to shoot down the alleged missile. So both the Dear Leader and President Obama claim victory and war was averted, works for both of them doesn’t it?

For those who don’t know the Dear Leader, I am speaking of Kim Jong-IL, the dictator of North Korea. Under his and his father’s rule, the people of North Korea have been reduced to abject poverty to the point even the city lights at night don’t up on satellite pictures save for his capitol Pyungyang. He is known to his people as the “Dear Leader”. His activities include: the production and distribution of narcotics as well as the counterfeiting of foreign currencies, cigarettes, and pharmaceuticals. To give you the full understanding of this man’s idea of truth, North Korea is formally known as the DPRK – Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea.
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