Jack Kukoda

This is the graphic CNN.com had on their homepage last night.

Fuck you, CNN.com. I almost shit in my pants when I saw this graphic. Good Lord, look at how frightening it is. Based on this image, I naturally assumed that Canada and Mexico had declared war on the U.S., attacked us with some chemical/nuclear/viral weapon, and turned our rivers from tranquil blue rivulets into bulging red veins.

Then I saw the headline of the article: Report: Dirty Bomb Material Smuggled Into U.S.

…and I actually did shit in my pants. “Damn,” I thought to myself. “Now I got a whole bunch of shit in my pants. Also, our country is going to be bombed soon. I am displeased.”

Then I read the article and discovered that it wasn’t terrorists sneaking in bomb material, but government agents conducting an exercise to determine how easy it would be to obtain radioactive material and then sneak it into the country. Turns out it would be pretty easy.

Admittedly, that’s pretty scary, but did CNN need to use that graphic for their story? Isn’t that graphic a little bit inflammatory? And who’s going to pay for these pants I just ruined? All good questions, I have to say.

Dirty Bomb Material Smuggled Into U.S. [CNN.com]