So let me start out by saying that I’m not against Obama. What I am finding strange though is the total lack of objectivity in the liberal media, in particular CNN, when covering the democratic primaries. For example, when Obama won Iowa, CNN had him projected to win the nomination. Their pundits would not stop beating the Obama drum even while Clinton took New Hampshire… (John King had to be asked to stop projecting an Obama victory even as Hillary was declared the winner). Obama takes South Carolina — he is the new JFK. Clinton takes Florida, and those votes don’t really mean anything (kind of like the 2000 election?), this according to CNN.
And then my eyes scroll down CNN.com’s home page to find a “story” titled, “Does Your Butt Look Big?” Except it doesn’t link to CNN, but instead to Oprah.com. Hmmm. So dig a little deeper and you will discover the Anderson Cooper appearance on the Oprah show. He’s not just an anchorman anymore, he’s “American Royalty”, just like he always knew he would be. So is it any wonder that Anderson gets catty with other ladies like Hillary who don’t give him as much attention? Those who don’t acknowledge his obvious merits?
We’ve complained for some time now of Murdoch’s influence of FOX News to the point that FOX News is simply putting out right wing propaganda. But is it possible that the liberal media is falling into a similar seductive trap, of becoming an instrument of another establishment, of becoming propaganda for Oprahfication?
Trust me, the danger is subtle yet real. As a writer, editor, and teacher of literature, I’ve witnessed a similar influence of what is regarded “good reading” in this country, as Oprah’s thumb up or down can literally make or break an author into A Million Little Pieces. In the end, innovative writing gives way to hopeful, feel-good, “women’s” stories that inspire a vacant hope and reliance on Oprah for future good feelings.
And so it is working with Obamarama, we have left concrete plans and logic for inspiration and vacant hope that does not give specifics, a fairytale like Camelot… The triumph of pathos over ethos and logos.
Again, Obama may make a great president, but to have this achieved due to a media smear would only taint any inspiration that he is supposed to embody.
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brave words, big man. brave words. you better watch your ass though. she’s everywhere.
Vacant hope. That should have been the title of Obama’s last book.
Amen, brother.
pathos is my dirty needle.