Postby David R. Modny » Fri Sep 05, 2008 6:50 am
Predictably lackluster speech from McCain last night. Sounds like he just rearranged Obama's, popped a Benadryl, threw in a few of the usual 'Pub talking points (i.e. lies), the word "God" here and there, and then inserted himself into the narrative as needed. Media was a bit more restrained compared to their ridiculous over-the-top gushing of Palin's (ahem...I mean Scully's) juvenile snark-fest. Many seemed unimpressed by it. Though, if I have to hear one more writer -- who should know better -- use the term "maverick," or claim how he has already "broken" with the party, I think my head is going to explode. He's already sold his soul.
The media has reached new lows over the past few weeks, even by their own pitiful standards. It's almost as if they've resolved themselves to the fact that most viewers don't know (or care about) the particulars of politics, issues and ideology. So, they have to sell it as if it's Dancing With The Stars instead. Don't get me wrong - it goes both ways. Even though I might agree with him philosophically, Olbermann's cheerleading last week was pretty cringeworthy at times too.
Associated Press writers, as a whole, have been the absolute worst in print though for the "mainstream" media. Virtually NOTHING is challenged. Blatant lies are printed. Images are packaged and sold. The line between legit and tabloid gets blurrier. The bar gets lower and lower.
Edward Murrow must be turning over (again!)...
PS - I did have to chuckle at this one though:
Michael Tomasky, writing in the Guardian, thought it was "intentionally awful". In a withering critique, he says: "John McCain sounded like the vestry board chairman speaking at the church social about the success of the raffle. Or, as a colleague just put it: he looked like the guy who'd been the office accountant for 40 years giving his retirement address. After he'd eaten a little too much Chicken Kiev."
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David R. Modny on Fri Sep 05, 2008 11:10 pm, edited 1 time in total.