I finally have figured out what has been bothering me about the Gov. Blago debacle, it is the absolutely vacuous coverage that the media has undertaken. Everyone seems to agree that, at least, at this point no one in the Obama transition team has done anything illegal, yet that is not what they spend time reporting. Matt Yglesias over at Think Progress has encapsulated what it is that is bothering me.
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Also, what I find disturbing, is at the same time a new report was put out by the Senate, that linked many recent administration officials to detainee torture and homicide. Glenn Greenwald delves into those brackish waters.
My only question is where is the outrage for that? Our government has actively broken its own laws and abused the trust and reputation of this country yet, there is no outcry. All the pundits wish to bloviate on is the possible connections people have to the governor, not whether there is any merit to the thinly veiled assertions but that those assertions can be made. Yet they absolutely ignore, that a government sponsored report found that those running the government were involved in murder. I would think that should cause some alarm.
Now none of this is an attack on investigative or probing journalism. If nothing else the arrest of Rod is a huge point in favor of that type of jounalism. No this is more an issue of boredom on the part of the media. Obama as savior has run its course now, it is time to delve into Obama as corrupt Chicago Pol!
-Cheers
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