Thursday, July 3, 2008

Yesterday in juvenile press idiocy.

Maybe you saw this yesterday. Many in our wonderful press did.

Obama *gasp* refused a child a 'terrorist fist jab'.

That caused them to shut off the parts of their brains that judge facts from stories that are 'too good to be true', and judge what's important from 'catty high school bullshit.' Like they did over the weekend on Wes Clark's massive, virulent assault on the character of John McCain.

Oh, but it was not to be true. Those who snickered and disseminated it were forced back into their press holes to come up with a new 6th grade meme. Some posted what really happened later on their official news blogs with no comment or realization of their mistake, some even accidentally apologized, then there was the third track blazed by cub reporter Johhny 'Scamp' Weisman. Victim blaming.
But the Obama campaign is trying to beat back that narrative, filed in a pool report from the tour and widely picked up elsewhere. That's not how it was, campaign aides say...
That's right, rebutting fantasy with video and audio evidence to the contrary is 'beating back' the 'narrative' and what 'campaign aides say'. Just admit you were wrong, you're not a real journalist, you employ tactics Perez Hilton would sneer at, and back away from the smoking remnants this country's media is in. Tell 'em , that's "just the way you found it."

To steal: We have an awesome media. This election is going to be awesome.

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