SIGH.
I can just see what’s coming without seeing the ideological talk shows…and I can hear what’s coming without hearing the talk radio hosts…and I can just anticipate the partisan chest beating and (trumped up, excuse the expression) outrage over the saga of Joe Biden and the female biker. Why — yep, you guessed it — as the Newsy.com summary below notes — some on Twitter are already somehow saying Biden is like Bill Clinton.
What would partisanship be in the 21st century without exaggeration? One site called this a “stunning” photo — as if this was some hidden revelation like the TRULY STUNNING photo of Gary Hart which wrecked his Presidential chances.
I vowed I’d never use the phrase but here it is: false equivalency.
But, here, YOU decide:
So far the mainstream media hasn’t turned this mini-story into big deal. But, then, I really haven’t looked at weblog reaction today. I’ll leave that to you…
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.