Bob Woodward's criticism of the White House's lack of ownership of the Sequestration policy on a public information level, as well as the administration's threats "that he would regret it" if he exposed said facts have turned out much differently than I first dared to think.
Today, I'm extremely disappointed. Extremely.
And worried and alarmed.
Instead of journalists jumping on Woodward's bandwagon, they have taken personal aim at Mr. Woodward. Ageism was sickeningly obvious at the White House as we listened to David Plouffe's analogy of some baseball pitcher who is over the hill--like Woodward and millions of the rest of us. Another TV twit called him a baby boomer relic who is so over, or close to that--again, like millions of the rest of us. Still another said that when he dies--soon we hope--there will be lots and lots of bad info, FBI/J.Edgar type stuff that affects DC insiders, that will fall to the ground when he croaks.
I should have known they'd go personal.
Other media critics actually minimized the issue saying Woodward overreacted, adding they were yelled at all the time by the White House. No big deal. Of course, the rest of us know the results of their "hostile" relationship with the White House. We see it on a daily basis--like the weekend that POTUS was AWOL with Tiger.
This attitude and arrogance is what the country is up against: a quickly developing state run media who will do anything its government bosses want, to anyone its government bosses want to do it to. It pains me to realize that--the thought of it shakes me to the bone.
Our next question has to be why? And of course, what is the motivation? Why would an entire group of mature, supposedly sophisticated, educated people hang on every morsel and ort of this president? Why the adoration? Is it ideology? Cult of personality? Is the fear of losing access so overpowering that they fawn over the president to the extent they cannot tell the truth? Ego?
Bob Woodward's job has been to attempt to find the answers to such questions for 37 years; and most of time he got to some, if not all, of the truth.
Mr. Woodward has been beaten on by better than these folks. Although I have trepidation, my cards are on him for the long pull of a nasty fight.
Thanks for the read.
.
Today, I'm extremely disappointed. Extremely.
And worried and alarmed.
Instead of journalists jumping on Woodward's bandwagon, they have taken personal aim at Mr. Woodward. Ageism was sickeningly obvious at the White House as we listened to David Plouffe's analogy of some baseball pitcher who is over the hill--like Woodward and millions of the rest of us. Another TV twit called him a baby boomer relic who is so over, or close to that--again, like millions of the rest of us. Still another said that when he dies--soon we hope--there will be lots and lots of bad info, FBI/J.Edgar type stuff that affects DC insiders, that will fall to the ground when he croaks.
I should have known they'd go personal.
Other media critics actually minimized the issue saying Woodward overreacted, adding they were yelled at all the time by the White House. No big deal. Of course, the rest of us know the results of their "hostile" relationship with the White House. We see it on a daily basis--like the weekend that POTUS was AWOL with Tiger.
This attitude and arrogance is what the country is up against: a quickly developing state run media who will do anything its government bosses want, to anyone its government bosses want to do it to. It pains me to realize that--the thought of it shakes me to the bone.
Our next question has to be why? And of course, what is the motivation? Why would an entire group of mature, supposedly sophisticated, educated people hang on every morsel and ort of this president? Why the adoration? Is it ideology? Cult of personality? Is the fear of losing access so overpowering that they fawn over the president to the extent they cannot tell the truth? Ego?
Bob Woodward's job has been to attempt to find the answers to such questions for 37 years; and most of time he got to some, if not all, of the truth.
Mr. Woodward has been beaten on by better than these folks. Although I have trepidation, my cards are on him for the long pull of a nasty fight.
Thanks for the read.
.
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