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April 08, 2005
They say a thin pope follows a fat pope.
Do you think it's a coincidence that Keith Olbermann's on vacation this week -- the same week cable nets gorge themselves on uncritical coverage of pilgrims, ceremonies, political grandstanding, celeb-watching, etc.
And why the hell isn't Jimmy Carter in attendance? He won a freaking Nobel Peace Prize and was more in step with the late pope than any president we've had before or since. His absence is glaring and points up the vast gulf between words and deeds when it comes to the Culture of Life.
I watched the funeral coverage on C-SPAN, where I wasn't subjected to breathy speculation from Anderson Cooper and assorted mewlers about the next pope, how many port-a-potties you need to accommodate 3.7 million, or the symbolism contained in a certain freize they kept cutting back to every thirty seconds.
That's the problem when you ask talking heads to cover breaking news: either they're so uninformed that they blunder through, or they natter on with minutiae, clearly terrified that a moment's silence might allow the audience a moment to reflect.
BTW, I saw some of this conference on C-SPAN yesterday, too. These people are out of their trees, and I hope to hell they can be stopped.
Just so I have this right, Jimmy Carter isn't welcome in the U.S. delegation to The Vatican but a corrupt, blackhearted exterminator is there under our colors?
Posted by Your Protagonist at April 8, 2005 03:10 AM