h/t Americablog
It must be really nice being an on air gasbag. I mean you can say just about anything you want, it floats off into the ether, and tomorrow, you get to do it again. BRILLIANT!
Sure I guess there are rules and all that, but since the line between journalist and pundit/gasbag/opinion turd, has been smeared all over the place leaving no perceptible trace of journalist, just shit all over the place. Maintaining any level of journalistic standards is probably too time consuming.
I'm still pissed about the way the media, and Obama, have been treating General Clark. Now the Columbia Journalism Review is critiquing the coverage and the phrase "mock outrage" is in first sentence. Nice!
The article points out the ways the media has mis-reported the Clark comments.
More after the flip...
Here are some snippets
He [Clark] had questioned the relevance of McCain’s combat experience as a qualification to be president of the United States. This is a distinction that you’d expect any reasonably intelligent nine-year old to be able to grasp.
But many in the press have been unable to.
[snip]
Why should it be out of bounds for Democrats to argue that McCain’s particular military experience has done little to prepare him for the decisions he’ll have to make as president?
[snip]
It’s crucially important that we have a political debate in this country that’s at least sophisticated enough to be able to handle the following rather basic idea: Arguing that a person’s record of military service is not a qualification for the presidency does not constitute “attacking” their military credentials; nor can it be described as invoking their military service against them, or as denying their record of war heroism.
That’s not a very high bar for sophistication. But right now it’s one the press isn’t capable of clearing.
Quite frequently I hear people say that the American people aren't smart enough to pick a good President, an assertion that I vehemently disagree with. However, with shitty media coverage like this, it's no wonder we've had 8 years of the imaginary executive and 4th branch. Get your act together people! sheesh!