Mindless journalistic "balance"
This sort of nonsense (from a Newsweek article by Holly Bailey) makes my blood boil:
McCain and Obama have now settled into a mean-spirited and depressingly familiar tit-for-tat. The McCain camp implicitly questions Obama's patriotism and honesty because of his association with former Weatherman Bill Ayers. Meanwhile, Obama's campaign is making McCain out as confused, erratic and angry.
What!?!?
Sorry, but McCain IS confused, erratic and angry. How is pointing that out "mean spirited"? And how is it equivalent to McCain/Palin's accusations that Obama wants to teach your five-year-old child about sex and "pals around with terrorists"?
It is not "tit-for-tat".
And the only thing that's "depressingly familiar" is the feckless "balance" fetish in contemporary hack journalism. God forbid you should report the reality if there's a chance that some Republican might call you a Liberal.
McCain and Obama have now settled into a mean-spirited and depressingly familiar tit-for-tat. The McCain camp implicitly questions Obama's patriotism and honesty because of his association with former Weatherman Bill Ayers. Meanwhile, Obama's campaign is making McCain out as confused, erratic and angry.
What!?!?
Sorry, but McCain IS confused, erratic and angry. How is pointing that out "mean spirited"? And how is it equivalent to McCain/Palin's accusations that Obama wants to teach your five-year-old child about sex and "pals around with terrorists"?
It is not "tit-for-tat".
And the only thing that's "depressingly familiar" is the feckless "balance" fetish in contemporary hack journalism. God forbid you should report the reality if there's a chance that some Republican might call you a Liberal.