ABC TURNS PROGRAMMING OVER TO OBAMA; NEWS TO BE ANCHORED FROM INSIDE WHITE HOUSE
Tue Jun 16 2009 08:45:10 ET
On the night of June 24, the media and government become one, when ABC turns its programming over to President Obama and White House officials to push government run health care -- a move that has ignited an ethical firestorm!
Highlights on the agenda:
ABCNEWS anchor Charlie Gibson will deliver WORLD NEWS from the Blue Room of the White House.
The network plans a primetime special -- 'Prescription for America' -- originating from the East Room, exclude opposing voices on the debate.
Outrageous. So sickening that it reminds me of Pravda.
There. My outrage has been expressed. Now I don't have to feel guilty that I have "neglected an important issue."
A problem for me in blogging is that while the above is something I really do think, it also typifies the sort of thing I think but often don't write. I seriously doubt there are any regular readers don't know that I strongly disapprove of partisan media government entanglement, so predicting my thoughts on this issue is a no-brainer. I have no new insights on the matter, and there is nothing I might say that countless other bloggers haven't also said. It bores me to blog about something about which I have nothing new or particularly original to say.
Yet still, some things are so awful that I feel an obligation to say something. A problem only compounded by the fact that I absolutely hate feeling obligated to say anything. Naturally, this puts me in a double bind. (Anything I do feels as wrong as anything I don't do.)
Now that ABC ObamaCare is out of the way, I can get on with neglecting other important issues.
MORE: Commenter "guy" says I need a picture of my dog wearing a hat, because nothing says "Absolute Moral Authority" like a dog wearing a hat.
OTOH, Commenter Donna B. says Coco doesn't need a hat, but that she's "always up for pictures of Coco! They make me smile and feel good."
So, that's two commenters for Coco, even though there's a divergence in opinion as to whether Coco needs a hat.
It just so happens that I already have a picture of Coco wearing a hat!
No question about it; she's showing off her absolute moral authority.
Quite incidentally, the picture of Coco originally appeared in a post inspired by Ann Althouse who had quoted Glenn Reynolds as saying the following:
"If I quit blogging, it will be because I get tired of having to pay attention to the news all the time."
I'd love nothing more than to be able to stop this creepy unwanted feeling of being obligated to respond to news.
posted by Eric on 06.16.09 at 02:13 PM
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You need a shtick - take a picture of your dog wearing a hat and add a thought balloon saying "It's an outrage!!" or something. When you feel obligated to express outrage, but don't really have your heart in it just throw that up and be done with it.
And nothing says "Absolute Moral Authority" like a dog wearing a hat.
guy · June 16, 2009 03:44 PM
Coco don't need no stinkin' hat. But, I'm always up for pictures of Coco! They make me smile and feel good.
Semi-long time reader here, just popping in to share my opinion that your hand-wringing over what you should or should not post is unwarranted. If you post nonsensical or boring or self-absorbed material, I'll find somewhere else to go on the internet. I enjoy your website because it's informative, well thought out, and has strength of character - something difficult to find on the internet and doubly so when its topic is politics.
Write as you would and worry not about the judgment of fickle viewers; they come for the writing, they stay for the voice.
Matt · June 16, 2009 04:25 PM
Its funny you mention Pravda considering it was them that pointed out our march to Marxism a few weeks back. They seem to be more honest than our own media is these days. Our media really has to get out of the tank and start reporting again.
If people knew how much Medicare and Medicaid add to the cost of medical care because of fee caps and the cost of paperwork, national health care would die a nasty death.
The Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler
Don?t bang your head!
You need a shtick - take a picture of your dog wearing a hat and add a thought balloon saying "It's an outrage!!" or something. When you feel obligated to express outrage, but don't really have your heart in it just throw that up and be done with it.
And nothing says "Absolute Moral Authority" like a dog wearing a hat.