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- 3. September 2010: If Democrats Renew Bush Tax Cuts, They Deserve To Lose Congress!
- 1. September 2010: More Email Lies About Obama.
- 27. August 2010: POLL: What’s Biggest Problem With Polls?
- 19. August 2010: Who's Next?
- 15. August 2010: The Border Fence.
- 13. August 2010: The Perpetual War Machine.
- 5. August 2010: The Growing Underclass In America.
- 2. August 2010: A Look Back At The Shirley Sherrod Story.
- 30. July 2010: Immigration Update From The Front.
- 29. July 2010: BOO (Blame it On Obama).
The real scandal surrounding Tiger Woods.
For days we’ve been treated to “news” stories speculating about Woods’ infidelity and the consequences of his alleged indiscretions. Why? Personally, I could care less if Woods had one affair or a hundred. He’s human. And like all humans he has flaws.
Instead of wondering about Woods’ future, we should be wondering why the news media has devoted endless hours to this story when the same media could not devote a few hours to investigate the Bush administration’s claims that led to the ill-advised invasion and occupation of Iraq. We should wonder why the news media spends more time covering the personal indiscretions of political candidates than the issues they espouse. We should wonder why the news media gives equal access to representatives of the far right and far left without examining the accuracy of their claims.
Following the death of Walter Cronkite, many journalists reported Cronkite’s philosophy that a news organization’s responsibility is to tell people what they need to know. Not what they want to know. Too bad none of them seem to share that philosophy.