Was he trying to make a statement or something?

Leonard Pitts, that is.

24-hour news cycle conveys power to unworthy
By LEONARD PITTS
Miami Herald
Sept. 11, 2010, 3:28PM

By the time you read this, Terry Jones will have burned the Quran.
Or not.

One wonders if Pitts knows that by the mere mention of the crazy Florida preacher's name, he gave said preacher the very power he goes on to decry. I would surely hope he does, but then one never really knows, does one?