Reason #221 Why I Hate the MSM

For weeks now, the main stream media (MSM) has been complaining that the mean Republicans have blocked the passage of the intelligence reform bill. This new law is necessary, they've been saying, because it will make us safer, prevent future 9/11's, and help us obtain better intelligence. Those against its passage, they've been saying, are against making the American people safer.

So how do they react the day after the bill is passed by the House:

From the Washington Post: “But some experts say it is not at all evident how, or even if, the changes would help America's spies obtain secrets and aid analysts in determining the intentions of terrorists bent on striking again or worrisome nations developing weapons of mass destruction. The most significant changes target the top of the intelligence bureaucracy, rather than the field officers, agents and intercept operators who do the work of recruiting spies, penetrating organizations or finding and disrupting plots in motion.”

And from the New York Times: “The question is whether the changes will make much of a difference in combating terrorism and weapons proliferation, two of the major national security challenges facing the intelligence services. On that question, even some supporters of the legislation to overhaul intelligence acknowledge their own agnosticism.”

That's priceless. They should have just said, "Oh by the way, we think the legislation isn't worth a s--t either."