…for some insightful, intelligent, or just not completely insane political commentary out of Dave. I suspect I’ll have to wait a while. Probably forever. Substituting for those:
- Calling Palin a Stepford Wife is not at all sexist, right?
- Likening a female VP candidate to a chick-flick plot: also not sexist.
- Republicans shouldn’t get air time. Why do they get air time? Because if they didn’t it would invite some pretty serious legislation. To say nothing of the fact that, whether Dave likes Republicans or not, the goal of the media is not to promote a party, but to inform. Getting into a petty pissing contest with a political party is not exactly “journalism”.
- Dave writes: “He assumes, like royalty, that Republicans always know what’s right”. This from a post titled Frum’s annoying wrong idiotic argument. Sad he could put that all together and not notice the delicious juxtaposition. Probably because he thinks he’s always right.
I guess, at the end of the day, we’ve not learned anything new. Like many partisans, Dave will stretch logic, consistency, and integrity to their absolute breaking point — and then some — in order to defend his party and their politicians.
I think “citizen journalism” has a long way to go.
Eye, didn’t you once say you don’t live in the US and are not an American? Perhaps you’re not acquainted with our laws. The Republicans already got their “serious legislation” by eliminating the Fairness Doctrine that required equal time. That’s why stations like Fox News exist, they can run Republican talking points 24/7 and never have to put on a Democrat for balance. They have made their bed so they have to lay in it. If any station decides it wants to eliminate all Republican guests, they now have the right to do so, thanks to the Republicans. The only thing the GOP can do is refuse to appear on any station they don’t like. For example, McCain already has refused to appear on CNN after a reporter asked civil, reasonable, but tenacious questions of a GOP campaign propagandist.
There is a difference between receiving coverage and appearing on some talking heads interview show. It’s funny – you want McCain penalized for not appearing on some guys shows (and these shows are just shows, they are not news coverage). Perhaps the right balance would be to eliminate these interview shows altogether. Look at it this way – the Dem gets 15 minutes of free looky goody time everytime they do show up.
The campaigns and candidates receive coverage because they are the news. All of the talking heads like to believe that they are the news – they’re not.
Dave once again states that he is independent, but he wears his colors on his sleeve. He’s still waiting for his 3am call from the candidate to save him with a Scripting News essay or a mailing list news letter. Maybe even slip in a bias filter to his latest Junk Junk web site.
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