Admirers of Mel Gibson will be happy to know that the New York Times has sunk to snotty new lows in its attacks on him. And Andy Rooney has one-upped it.
The Old Gray Lady whines that "Gibson is viewed not as an artist flouting convention and mainstream Hollywood orthodoxies, but as a lobbyist for the fundamentalist religious movement in the United States at a time when its clout is unmistakably on the rise."
Viewed so by whom? The Times fails to say. The answer: viewed so by the Times and its copycats in the media establishment.
The Times frets: "Critics worry that Mr. Gibson's film, which has already been embraced by Christian preachers as a tool of evangelization [horrors!], will reawaken old prejudices — not that Jews are guilty of killing Christ, but that Jewish liberals control the entertainment and media industries and have imposed a secular, left-leaning bias on movies and television."
Which critics? The Times fails to say as it reawakens old prejudices. The answer: critics at the Times and its copycats.
'Mel Is a Real Nut Case'
"60 Minutes" curmudgeon Rooney claims that God told him that Pat Robertson and Gibson are "wackos. ... They're crazy as bedbugs. ... Mel is a real nut case. What in the world was I thinking when I created him? Listen, we all make mistakes."
The conclusion of Rooney's transcript Sunday: "My question to Mel Gibson is: 'How many million dollars does it look as if you're going to make off the crucifixion of Christ?'"
The angry octogenarian fails to say how much he and CBS and Viacom have made off Saddam Hussein, 9/11, the war on terrorism, the war in Iraq, the Vietnam War, the death penalty, Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan ...
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