Why the Silence On the Fate of Roxana Saberi?

For all the media fawning and gushing over their hero Barack Obama flexing his muscles in the pirate hostage case, there's a conspicuous silence regarding Roxana Saberi, the journalist being held hostage and tried behind closed doors in Iran. Oddly enough, the media elite are also virtually silent on the fate of one of their own. I guess Saberi doesn't merit any special comments from drooling television hosts.

An American journalist jailed in Iran and charged with espionage stood trial behind closed doors and a verdict is expected within weeks, the country's judiciary spokesman said Tuesday.

Roxana Saberi, a 31-year-old dual American-Iranian citizen, was arrested in late January and initially accused of working without press credentials. But an Iranian judge leveled a far more serious allegation against her last week, charging her with spying for the United States.

"Yesterday, the first trial session was held. She presented her final defense," judiciary spokesman Ali Reza Jamshidi told reporters. "The court will issue its verdict within the next two to three weeks."

The U.S. government has been pressing for Saberi's release and the charges against her and news of her swift trial were a setback—especially at a time when President Barack Obama has expressed a willingness to talk with Iran after many years of rocky relations under the former Bush administration.

Oh, the government has been pressing for her release? I must have missed the press conference where Obama's TelePrompter demanded her release. The media is busy slobbering over Obama's dog, but has little time to fret over the cause of a human being.

Meanwhile, Al Gore's employees are being held hostage in North Korea and Gore hasn't uttered a public word of concern.

I wonder if Obama sycophant Joe Klein will talk about the crisp, decisive resolution to these hostage crises?