Fun with Guns
The media storm concerning Vice President Dick Cheney's shooting of fellow hunter Harry Whittington has peaked my interest. Not only has the reaction from comics and talk show hosts been absolutely hilarious, the press corps response has been as well. This is where we need to ask more questions about the efficacy of our modern press. The press is up in arms about how Cheney didn't call the press and alert the whole world right after it happened. So, all the pressure has eventually led the VP to publicly apologize for the mistake. But what about EVERYTHING else this administration has done? We've been consistently lied to about the genesis and current status of the war in Iraq. Cheney is looking as if he is the person who gave information concerning Valerie Plame, but the Press is up in arms about Cheney's hunting accident?
We, as a country, need to rethink our ability to question our leadership. Actually, let's start smaller. Let's just start thinking at all. It's time to revitalize the public and get some discussion about what constitutes the press and our government.
The media storm concerning Vice President Dick Cheney's shooting of fellow hunter Harry Whittington has peaked my interest. Not only has the reaction from comics and talk show hosts been absolutely hilarious, the press corps response has been as well. This is where we need to ask more questions about the efficacy of our modern press. The press is up in arms about how Cheney didn't call the press and alert the whole world right after it happened. So, all the pressure has eventually led the VP to publicly apologize for the mistake. But what about EVERYTHING else this administration has done? We've been consistently lied to about the genesis and current status of the war in Iraq. Cheney is looking as if he is the person who gave information concerning Valerie Plame, but the Press is up in arms about Cheney's hunting accident?
We, as a country, need to rethink our ability to question our leadership. Actually, let's start smaller. Let's just start thinking at all. It's time to revitalize the public and get some discussion about what constitutes the press and our government.
posted by Aaron Hess at 5:14 PM
1 Comments:
I find it interesting that when no one posted to your blog, you stopped writing in it. You clearly weren't very invested in the medium when it wasn't going to suit your needs. Perhaps you could think about doing something because you cared about it rather than filling a line on your vita. I mean seriously, if you actually cared about the things you said you did in presenting this blog rather than just thinking of it as a cool class project, i suspect you'd still be writing. too bad i was wrong. karma
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