Couldn't have said it better myself.The smearing of Shirley Sherrod ought to be a turning point in American politics. This is not, as the now trivialized phrase has it, a “teachable moment.” It is a time for action.
The mainstream media and the Obama administration alike must stop cowering before a right wing that has persistently forced its own propaganda to be accepted as news by persuading traditional journalists that “fairness” requires treating extremist rants as “one side of the story.”
...The traditional media are so petrified of being called “liberal” that they are prepared to allow the Breitbarts of the world to become their assignment editors. Mainstream journalists regularly criticize themselves for not jumping fast enough or high enough when the Fox crowd demands coverage of one of their attack lines.
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If Obama hates the current media climate, he should stop overreacting to it. And the mainstream media should stop being afraid of insisting upon the difference between news and propaganda.
Monday, July 26, 2010
From Dionne's Mouth to the Gods' Ears...
E.J. Dionne's latest at truthdig.com gets it absolutely right. Go there and read the whole thing, but here are some nibbles to whet your appetite:
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Andrew Breitbart is a blogger, not a journalist.
Oh, and news flash Ralph: it has been widely reported that Breitbart took clips from the entire speech, and used snippets that would generate the most outrage. Because of this a woman's career was nearly destroyed.
What a minute...what the fuck am I even doing, trying to make your dumbass see that this right-wing jerkoff deliberately tried to destroy this woman's life's work and further embarrass the Obama administration? Nothing I can say will make you see the the light anyways, so I won't even waste what's left of my time, and just say this: buzz off, or I'll ban your ass. Capiche?
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