If you read Best of the Web, I hope you picked up on this one.

In response to one of President Bush's speeches, CNN offers this as part of a lesson plan for students.

Next, have students define the term "rhetoric" and discus how words can be used as "weapons" and to sway political opinion. ...have students discuss how Bush is using words as weapons and what he hopes will be gained by his rhetoric.

Sound familiar? Check out this one from November 2002.

Have students define the term "rhetoric" and discus how words can be used as "weapons" to sway political opinion. ... Discuss how bin Laden is using words as weapons, and what he hopes will be gained by his rhetoric.

This must be their way of being fair and balanced.