Its now more apparent than every that the talking head media has jumped the shark of the profession of journalism. We have now had a solid week of Reverand Wight. Last Thursday it started with leaks of what Wright will say on Bill Moyers, then Friday, the weekend we had the NAACP speech. An appearance that CNN rebroadcast several times. Monday was the press club appearance(again broadcast live), Tuesday was Obama repudiation and today as analysis of Obamas repudiation. The major news networks wont cover congressional investigations live unless their about Roger Clemens talking about steroids....torture, propaganda, wire tapping arent just that important to them.
Norah Odonnell has to be the poster child of the lack of media shame when she stated unabashedly that healthcare isnt as sexy as the Wright controversy. ABCs Gibson so out of tune elitist that he thinks 200,000 a year couples are solid middle class folks who will be hurt by a rise in the captal gains tax. Chris mathews equating drinking orange juice with elitism. Tim Russert flat out lying on MTP that Obama doesnt put his hand over his heart for the pledge. Sorry Tim but it was the anthem and people stand and remove their hats for the anthem. Tim I put my copy of superbowl XXV(Bills-Giants during Gulf War 1)into the VCR and youll see the whole crowd simply standing for the anthem. Yet Russert to my knowledge has never corrected this on air. So the talking heads misinform them wonder why people would question someones patriotism.
In just about every employment you will have to face reviews of your performance. The MSM media however is incapable of this. Howie Kurtz on CNN and Stephanapoulis and Gibson in the debates, believe every republican smear is a legitimate charge that the media must address. Dan Abrahms was almost in shock tonight that the media would be criticized for their weeklong Wright-fest. This is the talking point the media hides behind....people are talking about it so we have to cover it. Note to media----people are talking about it because its only thing, you(THE MEDIA), are talking about. Doesnt everyone who has taken journalsim 101 in college remember that the media is the gatekeeper. They choose which stories to cover. So to the media dont blame us, your the ones feeding this overblown story. Its the reason your approval ratings rank with Bush and Congress. Your the ones who are elitist and out of tune with the average American. Believe it or not we do care about the war in Iraq, healthcare, rising food and energy prices, you know crap that really affects us. But hey, after the primary season is over you can get back to Britney and Kevin, steriods, Lindsay Lohan and the other important issues of the day.