Wading

[digitaldiscipline]

Normally, it is the height of folly to read the comments on any kind of news article, especially one that hits on anything more resonant than whether Jeopardy should be on at 7:00 or 7:30 (I'm a 7:30 guy; you warm up with Wheel of Fortune, people, not cool down with it!), but, because I was all het up to send a bitch-o-gram to NPR this morning, I wanted to see if I'd merely be repeating others.

It turns out that, shock of shocks (note: sarcasm present), NPR listeners can actually frame and hold an argument, even when it's about Glenn fucking Beck (who, in my none too humble opinion, didn't warrant Morning Edition's coverage, which is why I'll be commenting to their ombudsman; the last time I did this, it was because some politician's choice of invisible sky wizard ought not to be considered news, unless it's in the context of their being declared mentally unfit for office).

Comments

[smjayman.livejournal.com]

Glenn Beck may deserve some coverage, he's doing a rally in DC on the anniversary of MLK's speech, in the same location. Attitudes and tempers are likely to flare. Every cop in DC is likely to be on duty, including yours truly.

[sskipstress.livejournal.com]

I hope the lovely weather holds and helps to keep tempers calm through the weekend.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

Oh, I know what he's doing, I just don't think it warrants any attention from the MSM until afterwards, should there actually be anything of note to report upon, instead of some self-aggrandizing blowhard stirring racial tensions under the pretense of racist, revisionist politics and his own immense hubris.

[smjayman.livejournal.com]

My thought about warranting media attention had nothing to do with Mr. Beck and much to do with the confluence of events surrounding it. That and how the general public, those fine individuals, are likely to react....

[etcet.livejournal.com]

I think this was a self-feeding media event; if the MSM had ignored it, there wouldn't be this brouhaha of pre-event coverage, so that important REAL news, like how the GOP in the Senate blocked federal investigation into the BP spill yesterday.

Didn't hear about that on the news last night too much, did we?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rORbqq_FHoM