As seen on CNN.com a few minutes ago:
[A screen capture from CNN.com. In the middle there's a picture of an airport security checkpoint, under which, I shit you not, is the headline "It's not all grab-and-scan at airports." Then CNN reports for the benefit of the TSA: "Despite all the hoopla over security measures at airports, the Transportation Security Administration estimates that less than 3 percent of air travelers will receive enhanced pat-downs." Again, I shit you not.]
Four quick points, not even touching the actual story:
1) CNN, you still bite.
2) Yay for corporations doing the bidding of the police state, or vice-versa.
3) "Grab-and-scan"?!?! I guess "It's not all sexual assault at the airport" wasn't as edgy.
4) "Less than 3 percent" of travelers are being sexually assaulted via "enhanced pat-down" on any given trip to the airport? That's not reassuring, that's horrifying, particularly given the extremely high percentage of travelers that have to show naked pictures of themselves when they fly.
Discuss.
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