As research for my musing, I’m a regular watcher of news programs: NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News. A few Sundays ago I caught David Axelrod, Senior White House Advisor, telling George Stephanopoulos of ABC’s This Week, that Fox News is not really a news organization because they have a “perspective”. Mr. Axelrod said that the White House doesn’t recognize Fox as a legitimate news organization, and he didn’t think that reputable organizations Read More…
There’s been a lot of talk of civility in the past few weeks. Congressman Joe Wilson called President Obama a liar during a joint session of congress. Rapper Kanye West jumped onstage and ripped the microphone from singer Taylor Swift as she was giving an acceptance speech at the MTV awards. And from town hall meetings to ostensibly respectable members of the press, partisan bickering is nastier than ever. Joe Wilson, the congressman from South Read More…