Stop it. Seriously.

I don’t really spend too much time trying to do that much serious media criticism on this site, especially of the national media, but give me a minute here.

By now you’ve probably heard that Ariel Sharon is in the hospital with a serious stroke, and chances are he won’t make it. That means Israel is going to need a new Prime Minister, etc., etc. I don’t really want to get into this at all.

But, this morning, on the front page of CNN.com, there’s a story headlined Robertson suggests God smote Sharon. It was all over CNN television yesterday, too. Televangelist Pat Robertson said yesterday on The 700 Club that Sharon “was dividing God’s land, and I would say woe unto any prime minister of Israel who takes a similar course to appease the EU, the United Nations or United States of America.” There’s a clip of it here.

Okay, here’s the deal: What the fuck does this moron have to say to stop getting major national attention? Does he have to eat a puppy on live television to stop being quoted seriously by major journalists? I would call him a retard but that would seriously be offensive to all people with a mental handicap. I know that it’s good to have all sides to a story, but this isn’t a side of any fucking story. You might as well ask The Recorder Lady what she thinks about Ariel Sharon’s health. You’d probably get a more coherent answer.

Okay, so he has his own television show and a lot of people listen to him. A lot of people, and I’d wager to say a lot more people, believe in guardian angels — nothing wrong with that — but you don’t see stories that say “Man in car wreck saved by his guardian angel.” What’s going to happen if you ignore him? Rush Limbaugh will go on his radio show and say “Ladiesandgentlemen, the liberal media is ignoring Pat Robertson again, after he said that anyone who votes against Sam Alito is a demon in disguise!”

Oh no, how will the media ever handle such criticism! If I ever get to a position of power in the media aside from this little box here on this webpage, here is what I will do: Idiots like Robertson will never, ever, ever get to comment on anything I’m in charge of (unless they’re being lambasted in a blog post, that is). If that means I’m biased, so be it. I’d rather tell an accurate story than interject non-players like Robertson into it who believe they know who God is and isn’t smoting.

Alright, that’s enough. Only puppies and headline jokes for the rest of the day, I swear. Or until God smites me for making fun of his oh-so-humble servant Pat Roberton.

Robertson suggests God smote Sharon [CNN.com]