Bin Laden Memos: Al Qaeda Was Keen To Work With Certain Journalists And Media Outlets

Al-Qaida Memo To Bin Laden Warns Of 'Cunning Methods' Of US News Networks -- The Guardian

Al-Qaida spokesman Adam Gadahn a fan of 60 Minutes but said Fox News 'lacks neutrality' and CBS is 'close to being unbiased'

Osama bin Laden pondered the merits of US television news channels as he considered how to extract the best propaganda benefit from the tenth anniversary of 9/11 last year, and concluded that CBS was "close to being unbiased".

But an American-born media adviser for al-Qaeda warned Bin Laden to beware of the broadcasters' "cunning methods" as he described Fox News as a channel in the "abyss" that should "die in anger", CNN as too close to the US government and MSNBC as questionable after it fired one of its most prominent presenters, Keith Olbermann.

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My Comment: Al Qaeda knew who their "sympathizers" were in the main stream media. Hmmmm .... I guess Rush Limbaugh was never on their list to contact.