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Joe was right: the talking heads are out of control

February 20th, 2008
By JILL MILLER ZIMON

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And no one is even trying anymore to show them the boundaries. It all ends up being about who is more objectively offensive and who should apologize to whom. When the issue is: they’re all wrong in their fast and loose use of language. Absolutely wrong. These folks are supposed to be our best journalists who get these hours to themselves because of their skill and ability. Instead, they get out there and work to get attention, pure and simple. Sometimes they have to say they are sorry, sometimes they don’t. But what are we really showing everyone about who we are, by what we like and tolerate?

Feh.

For background, Media Matters is a good place to start for the latest kerfuffle. For the record, of course Bill O’Reilly should not be talking about holding off on lynching parties for Michelle Obama. What a completely ridiculous choice of words. There must be 1000 other words, at a minimum, that he could have used to make the same statement.



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