By GottaLaff
Greg Sargent has posted a one-liner that caused me to smile and grimace simultaneously.
That must have looked really weird.
But seriously, I had previously posted a screen grab of the "Dep't. of Jihad" chyron that appeared under Wolf Blitzer as he inadvertently confirmed CNN's adherence to the Peter Principle.
Now check out Greg's mini-post:
Glenn Greenwald stacks Wolf Blitzer up against Edward R. Murrow, and finds the comparison somewhat wanting.
Please follow that link. Here's a snippet:
[M]odern political journalism -- at best the vile McCarthyite campaign was going to be presented in the standard "each-side-says" format which defines modern journalistic "objectivity" [...]
In other words, "some say" serve as legitimate sources, and punditiot panels provide "debate". Facts have very little to do with the news any more. As long as two sides duke it out, and ratings don't drop drastically, hey, we're good.
Below is Rachel Maddow's take. She made me crack up/grimace even more.
Which must have looked even weirder.
From yesterday:
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