When in doubt, Pick on the Pundits.
And to explain, it is a Monday. I have not posted in a while, and I am worn out on Scootergate, and there is nothing out of the ordinary going on right now. Post 4th of July long holiday week thing, I imagine. Anyway as long as that Festering Sore, the Virulent Pestilence, the Malignant Tumor that is the scourge of Partisan Punditry is extant, sucking the very life (and sentience) of the body public away, I always have something to post about.
So here is today's installment. (And if you don't get why I keep returning to such themes, take a look at my "mission statement" at the top of this page. Anyway . . .)
Granted, it is the media outlets who are greatly to blame for the shame of how low, how vulgar, how just plain SLEAZY the current state of public discourse is. They do have control over the "commentators" (*cough* pundits *cough*) they give column space or air time to. Right?
Too rare, but it is refreshing to see an example of such folk at least ,"Taking out the trash," if not doing what really needs doing; pulling their own heads out of their own asses, and doing the "Mea Culpa," dance, while beating their own backs with whips, thongs, and switches.
Anyway, here is fine example of,"Taking out the trash;" an incident where Michelle Malkin's column was dropped:
Bronwyn Lance Chester, an editorial writer at The Virginian-Pilot, stated in November 2004 when the newspaper dropped Malkin's column that Malkin "habitually mistakes shrill for thought-provoking and substitutes screaming for discussion. She’s an Asian Ann Coulter. ... She’s the worst of what’s wrong with punditry today. She adds absolutely nothing to genuine political discourse."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Malkin#Controversies
I think the last two lines says it all, and could be said to apply, equally, to most if not all the partisan columnist-pundits of the world.
Dare I ask . . . what ever happened to the art of essay writing? What ever happened to the art of commentary? When did it become such a purely partisan activity?
Lastly, is there any cure? I mean a cooridnated cure, not just waiting for individual editors to have that sort of gagging epiphany that causes them to realize:
"I have been pimping vile vulgar trash. I should not pimp vile vulgar trash."
(Consider these questions more rhetorical than genuine, unless . . . ya got a GOOD idea for an answer.)
So here is today's installment. (And if you don't get why I keep returning to such themes, take a look at my "mission statement" at the top of this page. Anyway . . .)
Granted, it is the media outlets who are greatly to blame for the shame of how low, how vulgar, how just plain SLEAZY the current state of public discourse is. They do have control over the "commentators" (*cough* pundits *cough*) they give column space or air time to. Right?
Too rare, but it is refreshing to see an example of such folk at least ,"Taking out the trash," if not doing what really needs doing; pulling their own heads out of their own asses, and doing the "Mea Culpa," dance, while beating their own backs with whips, thongs, and switches.
Anyway, here is fine example of,"Taking out the trash;" an incident where Michelle Malkin's column was dropped:
Bronwyn Lance Chester, an editorial writer at The Virginian-Pilot, stated in November 2004 when the newspaper dropped Malkin's column that Malkin "habitually mistakes shrill for thought-provoking and substitutes screaming for discussion. She’s an Asian Ann Coulter. ... She’s the worst of what’s wrong with punditry today. She adds absolutely nothing to genuine political discourse."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Malkin#Controversies
I think the last two lines says it all, and could be said to apply, equally, to most if not all the partisan columnist-pundits of the world.
Dare I ask . . . what ever happened to the art of essay writing? What ever happened to the art of commentary? When did it become such a purely partisan activity?
Lastly, is there any cure? I mean a cooridnated cure, not just waiting for individual editors to have that sort of gagging epiphany that causes them to realize:
"I have been pimping vile vulgar trash. I should not pimp vile vulgar trash."
And then do as Bronwyn Lance Chester did; take out the trash.
(Consider these questions more rhetorical than genuine, unless . . . ya got a GOOD idea for an answer.)
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