What Should Happen When Bin Laden Breaks His Silence

I watched Charlie Gibson soberly deliver quotes from an alleged Bin Laden communication, reacting to Obama policy, like a faithful messenger of doom in league with the doomers.

I thought, 'For gosh sakes, why in the world are they giving him air time?'

Bin Laden is a nobody. At least he should be. The media gives him a worldwide audience for his insignificant rants.

I thought to myself, 'The media needs a backbone. If they had balls and a backbone they would just say no to airing that violence inciting crapola and they'd be heroes!'

I can hear them now. ABC news is being handed the latest threats and rants from Bin Laden. The news director gives it a glance, shaking his head, then says "Can you believe this madman? Hasn't someone strapped him into restraints by now in some mental ward? I mean, this guy is over the top. Mr. Gibson, could you put this story where it belongs, please." The news director winks.

"No problem," Gibson says with an impish grin and heads straight to the men's room, where he hands out strips of the Bin Laden communique, with fraternal boisterousness, to anyone who enters for use as asswipes.

Later, at a bar with journalists from other networks, someone brings up the latest Bin Laden rant and Gibson says, "You know what we do with those, don't you, over at ABC?" The others lean close to hear, then break into uproarious laughter. The common folk at the bar join in, slapping Mr. Gibson on the back in approval.