I’m so glad James Wolcott started blogging. I find his writing to be thoughtful, amusingly cranky (if not curmudgeonly), and he has a true cultural critic’s eye for the telling cues about life in a given society and culture.
In this excerpt for a recent blog post, he offers us a view into what so many have noted before … that Americans are not so very well served by their news media. Oh, yes … they are entertained, and helped to believe that all is well, sleep tight … but not informed.
Juan Cole, who kindly mentions me today, had a post yesterday rounding up the international protests against the U.S.’s Fallujah campaign.
Clicking through the cable news channels, I’ve seen nothing about this, though they seem to have endless clock to replay the “basketbrawl,” explore the ramifications of Dan Rather’s retirement announcement, and flash the eBay auction listing for grilled-cheese Virgin Mother. So once again Americans are kept blinkered to how more and more of the world is rallying against us in condemnation.
Anything, anything, to preserve our “innocence.” Until the next time we lose it.
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