Am I the only one that is getting uncomfortable with the media these days? I don’t think so but political reporting has become such a bland diet of no “hard” questioned asked that I am beginning to wonder if the White House hasn’t already nationalized the press and it just hasn’t been reported yet.
Now, I will state here that Bushie was one of the first to cull questions prior to press conferences and I didn’t like it then and I don’t like it now. Press conferences used to be a high wire act for the President but no longer. Now the questions are seen in advance and a teleprompter is in place with scripted answers…no wonder Hollywood is in love with this guy, he is nothing more than an actor reading his lines. I am sorry but that is an affront to actors since they have to actually memorize their lines before going on to perform.
What would have happened to George W if he had emitted the “stupidly” remark as did our current President? I think it would be safe to say that the press would have laid him wide open and field dressed him right on TV. What did our current President get, basically nothing except more questions on the issue.
So Dan Rather wants Washington to look at the media and actually start a commission to look at media issues and I am asking why. Why should the media want to get in bed with the very people they are charged with reporting on everyday? Why? And where do the American people fit in here with their expectation of “impartial” news reporting?
The press needs to get their heads out of their proverbial you know whats and start addressing the issues in a more “attack” mode or they will continue to see dwindling subscribers as they flow to the Internet to get the news they need to read from the source(s) that give it to them.
Fox News…Fight on!
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