to the editor: cable news credibility-- i have been troubled since the build-up to the invasion of iraq so many light-years ago by the spineless nature of the american media, by its unwillingness to stand up to the bush administration, and its general unwillingness to act in a manner befitting its role in a free society.
as the years have gone by, my disgust has devolved beyond anger and disbelief to a sense that nothing and no one is capable of stepping up and doing what needs to be done on behalf of thinking americans to call the government and other institutions [ie, corporate america, for starters] to task for their roles in the many crises that have beset our country since bush took office in january, 2001.
i have long since written off cnn as a beacon of impartial objective journalism, and had lately turned to msnbc, solely and exclusively because of my admiration of keith olbermann.
but this david schuster nonsense has me extremely concerned. so i went to the msnbc website to read what the network has to say about it, and all i found was mr. schuster's profile. nothing more; no notations, no nothing.
thankfully, i have always enjoyed and appreciated national public radio, and will now rely upon them exclusively, barring some sadly unforeseen reversal of the handling of this affair by msnbc.
keep me posted, will ya?
as the years have gone by, my disgust has devolved beyond anger and disbelief to a sense that nothing and no one is capable of stepping up and doing what needs to be done on behalf of thinking americans to call the government and other institutions [ie, corporate america, for starters] to task for their roles in the many crises that have beset our country since bush took office in january, 2001.
i have long since written off cnn as a beacon of impartial objective journalism, and had lately turned to msnbc, solely and exclusively because of my admiration of keith olbermann.
but this david schuster nonsense has me extremely concerned. so i went to the msnbc website to read what the network has to say about it, and all i found was mr. schuster's profile. nothing more; no notations, no nothing.
thankfully, i have always enjoyed and appreciated national public radio, and will now rely upon them exclusively, barring some sadly unforeseen reversal of the handling of this affair by msnbc.
keep me posted, will ya?
--the mostly reverend
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