Our weekly look at the loudest screech from the mainstream media features syndicated radio host Bill Press who said he’s embarrassed by the Star-Spangled Banner, saying on his show:
“I mean when you think about it, it’s ‘bombs bursting in air,’ ‘rocket’s red glare,’ it’s all kinds of — you know a lot of national anthems are that way, too — all kinds of military jargon, and the land — there’s only one phrase ‘the land of the free,’ which is kind of nice, and ‘the home of the brave’? I don’t know….Are we the only ones who are brave on the planet? I mean ‘all the brave people live here.’ I mean it’s just stupid, I think. I’m embarrassed, I’m embarrassed every time I hear it.”
Media Research Center Vice President of Research Brent Baker explains our pick: “Could Bill Press better reflect a conservative caricature of a liberal, mocking and ridiculing the defining patriotic song of the nation because it’s too militaristic and dares to praise Americans as ‘brave?’”
Rating: Three out of five screams
