Wednesday, July 30, 2008

The problem with the media

Okay, not much to see here. I've written about 7,000 words today, and now that I have a chance to blog, I'm really not in the mood. So, I'll just post another video and give a brief comment.

This video was originally posted at the Raytractors, but I'd like to make a slightly different point with it. There's a lot of discussion as to what's wrong with the media today. Some say bias is the problem. Some say it's a liberal bias. I say the problem is this: the media is stupid.

Exhibit A:



Oh, and I'm going out of town, so no updates until at least Saturday.

4 comments:

Kirsti said...

You've got to be kidding me.

Ingrid said...

That cat is demonized.

Gary Fouse said...

Lance,

3 examples:

John McCain rumor of affair- Front page New York Times

Jesse jackson love child- last to report it and a one column article on p 20.

John Edwards caught visiting his girlfriend and probably baby in la - not yet reported.

Lance Christian Johnson said...

Definitely those are problems, but I think that they're pretty minor compared to giving legitimacy to Jesus Cat.