A Sad Set of Priorities
CNN's Jeff Greenfield writes:
So does the North Korea test trump the Foley scandal? Here's one point to keep in mind: there's a month to go before Election Day. The North Korea story may well fade by then (not that it won't resurface in months or years to come); the Foley follies are likely to stay front and center for weeks.
If that's the case, it will be the fault of the press, which decides what to emphasize and what to ignore. ANd if the press chooses to emphasize the sleazy behavior of one congressman, it's a sad commentary on its priorities. After all, the press treated a Democratic scandal involving sex -- i.e. the Clinton affair -- as some obsession of the sex-hating right. And while the MSM was glad to heap obloquy on Linda Tripp, it's done very little, compared to other sources, actually to figure out how and why the scandal unspooled at this time.
Now that we're dealing, not with sex, but with sleazy emails, somehow this is more important than whether a madman is able to obtain a nuclear bomb -- and give the technology to Iran?
The press is already held in low esteem by the American people. If, heaven forbid, the North Korea crisis worsens, they'll remember that the press essentially fiddled with the Foley affair while Rome burned under the heat of a rogue state nuke.
So does the North Korea test trump the Foley scandal? Here's one point to keep in mind: there's a month to go before Election Day. The North Korea story may well fade by then (not that it won't resurface in months or years to come); the Foley follies are likely to stay front and center for weeks.
If that's the case, it will be the fault of the press, which decides what to emphasize and what to ignore. ANd if the press chooses to emphasize the sleazy behavior of one congressman, it's a sad commentary on its priorities. After all, the press treated a Democratic scandal involving sex -- i.e. the Clinton affair -- as some obsession of the sex-hating right. And while the MSM was glad to heap obloquy on Linda Tripp, it's done very little, compared to other sources, actually to figure out how and why the scandal unspooled at this time.
Now that we're dealing, not with sex, but with sleazy emails, somehow this is more important than whether a madman is able to obtain a nuclear bomb -- and give the technology to Iran?
The press is already held in low esteem by the American people. If, heaven forbid, the North Korea crisis worsens, they'll remember that the press essentially fiddled with the Foley affair while Rome burned under the heat of a rogue state nuke.
posted by LadybugUSA at 8:30 PM
2 Comments:
The people aren't stupid, and I wouldn't be surprised if the press and Dems overplay their hand with Foley and it comes back to bite them.
Sure, Americans don't want to see their representatives be sick maggots.......But they know the world is full of even worse creatures and aren't about to put the defense of the country in the hands of those who would appease them.
"The press is already held in low esteem by the American people. If, heaven forbid, the North Korea crisis worsens, they'll remember that the press essentially fiddled with the Foley affair while Rome burned under the heat of a rogue state nuke."
Carol as the MSM disappear down the drain hole of history we will not even hear a gurgle.
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