While many political reporters try to show impartiality, I can’t
help wonder why none of them are investigating the most obvious
question regarding Howard Dean’s now infamous
”
yell.
”
While most of them admit the speech he gave to his supporters,
on the eve of the Iowa caucus, was specifically to thank and
inspire them, it didn’t play well on television. Why is that?
While many political reporters try to show impartiality, I can’t help wonder why none of them are investigating the most obvious question regarding Howard Dean’s now infamous “yell.”
While most of them admit the speech he gave to his supporters, on the eve of the Iowa caucus, was specifically to thank and inspire them, it didn’t play well on television. Why is that? Here’s where they dropped the ball. Who decides what goes on television and what spin it gets? The media has a very clear bias, but it is to itself. I’m not implying a conspiracy…at least not an organized one. Certainly more media outlets than not are owned by self-proclaimed conservatives (some quite rabid) but isn’t it the media’s sacred task to inform the voting public? Or has it become instead to increase viewership by covering (or even creating) the most sensational, personality-driven stories they can?
The Fourth Estate needs a serious examination of its own motives. We’ve had enough news-fo-tainment. And we, the voting public, want REAL information about each candidate, as well as serious questions answered about policy and records from every one of them, INCLUDING BUSH. No more soft-ball questions to your current candidate-flavor-of-the-hour. It’s time you did your job objectively. We will be holding you, the press, accountable. So shape up!
E. Duffy,
El Cerrito, Calif.
