ABC admits that the television coverage of Howard Dean around Iowa-time was basically bullshit. And that Diane Sawyer is a soulless clockwork whore.
Gee whiz, I never would have suspected that. Not even a little bit. Not at all. Television, distorting and misrepresenting? You jest, sir or madam (as the case may be). Or so I would have said to you, right up until this here very moment right now, when my faith in the truthful healing power of television was forever shattered. I am a scarred man.
(That was sarcasm.)
It's just a shame they didn't, you know, bother mentioning this before New Hampshire.
Posted by aloysius at January 30, 2004 07:50 PM | TrackBack |I saw this story on World News Tonight, and the first thing I though was that it took Diane Sawyer long enough to figure this out. I knew right from the start that Dean was yelling so loud to be heard over the din of the crowd. How did I know? Howard Dean said it himself... many times... to reporters who were busy thinking of the next thing they were going to ask him rather than actually listening to his answers.
I congratulate you on 'soulless clockwork whore.' I've been unsuccessful in finding ways to describe how mindless and despicable Diane Sawyer is, and I think you've pounded that nail.
Posted by: et11robot on January 31, 2004 08:42 AM