More from the Bull's-Eye Dept.
The hyper-partisan rhetorical atmospshere intitiated and perpetuated by most TV news outlets pretty much ensures that like Ted Koppel, if you choose to be the voice of reason, you're going to get it from both sides. I wonder if all the pundets are going to go after this guy the way they went after Koppel:
In an exchange that aptly illustrates what Koppel's talking about, he and Media Critic Jeff Jarvis met on NPR's Talk of the Nation the same week Koppel and Olbermann traded statements. Upon listening, you'll notice that throughout the "discussion" Jarvis is rather hostile, even combative in tone compared to Koppel, who at one point had to say to a shouting Jarvis, "If you'll please let me finish..." Case and point for T.K.
Senator Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia qualifies for this group as well.
Writing Notes
Technically, I'm still on Hiatus. I'm glad to see this issue has made it to the FCC, so I'm willing to do a few quick-hitters on it.
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