Newsbusters caught this one. The online publication People’s Weekly World quoted Keith Olberman in what N.B rightly calls a screed concerning the horror of leftists at the plot of this season’s 24. Oberman called an episode where a nuke was detonated on American soil “naked propaganda” for the Bush administration’s policies. Ironically his indignation is now being used as propaganda for Communist organizations dedicated to the overthrow of the United States. The author goes on to to state his objection to terrorism, one we assume he feels Olberman shares:

“All people of good will, of course, oppose terrorism. The Communist Party USA has often pointed out that terrorism substitutes individual acts of violence for the mass action essential for real progressive change.”

Emphasis mine. What do you suppose the “mass action” the author wants will look like? The fall of Saigon? Russia 1917?

When Communist groups start quoting you in their screeds aimed at shoring up support for an overthrow of the capitalist system that made you a star, maybe it’s time to reassess your positions. What do you think Keith?