The Media: Most get no respect because they don't deserve it!

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I watched many of the Sunday talk shows today and came away with the following thought. The media has become more irrelevant and that's sad. They aren't questioning our governemnt officials and this President with the same intensity they did years ago during the Watergate scandal. They give a token effort in challenging positions taken, strategies embarked upon that have proven to be faulty, any words uttered by any member of the governing party loyal is asked politely a soft ball with little challenge of their response to the question. And to tell you the truth, I am getting quite sick of it. The lies we hear from government officials are obvious, as anyone conscious knows and yet very few media reps or TV show hosts call them on it to make it stick. The Republicans did a much better job of it when Clinton was President and invited the questioning when he said, "Well, it depends on what the meaning of the word 'Is' is." I saw glimpses of truth when Scott McClellan, White House Press Secretary, was put on the spot by the likes of TV reporter David Gregory when he kept asking about Rove and Scott's statement back in time when he said he spoke to Rove and he wasn't involved.

It doesn't make sense that Novak is free and Miller is in jail. In this one case, I wish Miller revealed her source to the media, so we could get clearer, as to what really happened. But I can understand her reasons for not divulging sources. I've come to the conclusion that the media is afraid of this Bush Administration. It's the only explanation of why there's a free pass on most things. The media started swallowing the bait back in 2000 and now that the hook is set so deep in, it's hard to spit it out. I'm afraid it's now up to the bloggers to keep speaking whatever truth you experience and whether anyone is listening or not. I am against "Renditions" by our government in secret, which I feel is wrong and not befitting a great democracy. I don't like my government lying to us, as if we can't handle the truth. I don't like the manipulation, deception and righteousness in the name of all of us, by our leaders. We need a nation to come together again, as it once was and can be again. But now we need the help of the media (until Blogging becomes the only source people rely on to keep the media straight). Bloggers, keep calling the media when they aren't.

Tom Friedman wrote a good piece asking more Moderate Muslims to be more engaged. That a way Tom, finally some ideas.

There is some peace in speaking one's truth.