Linda Fasulo, the U.N. correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC, has written a pro-U.N. book, An Insider's Guide to the U.N., which reads like the U.N. paid for it. Actually, the pro-U.N. lobby paid for it. In a monstrous conflict of interest for a supposed straight news reporter, Fasulo acknowledges Ted Turner's U.N. Foundation and Better World Campaign for "their generous financial support" of her book project. She also thanks the Rockefeller Brothers Fund "for helping to fund the project."Gosh, I wonder what Linda had to say about the kleptocrats?
The book is about "one of the finest and most important governing bodies," she says. Of the U.N. chief, she writes like a school girl with a crush. "It is hard to find anyone who can mount a serious criticism of [Kofi] Annan's performance as Secretary General," she claims. His performance is so "impressive" that she wonders if a "cult of personality" has risen up around him. One U.S. official is reported to be "astonished by just how good a Secretary General Kofi Annan has been."This could be sick humor, but if not, they ought to include a barf bag inside the front cover.
The book is also full of praise for the pro-U.N. lobby, including the groups that made the book possible. Alluding to Ted Turner's financial gift to the U.N., she writes that "For those of us who haven't made our first billion, an excellent way to participate (at least indirectly) is to join" the United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA). Fasulo also praises the Business Council for the U.N. (BCUN), a division of UNA-USA, as a group that "reaches out to the private sector" with a pro-U.N. message.I wonder what brand of kneepads Linda favors?
More hilarity by following the link including the crack job Kofi did in Rwanda. Just call him Genocide Boy.
