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I have to admit that my initial reaction to Bill Owens' letter is to want to jump to the defense of the 50%, or so, of the people that DO care. That said, there are a lot of good points made. I think, though, that America's reaction is a matter of interpretation. People in America feel unempowered. Anne LaMott writes a nice little article exploring a non-violent "revolution", and, of course, someone has to jump into things and start yelling about hippie communards, or some such, and how it's no wonder that Democrats are so ineffective. But the point is a bigger one. How do you take power back to the people in such a way that signifies you reject the tactics of the neocon junta? The important point here being the power of the people, because for the most part, the media has done a decent job to highlight the lies. It seems to me that what we now want them to do is also fight our battles, and crucify those lying liars. I don't think that is their job (much though it would be nice to see...). However, until we (I will include Canadians here as our northern brethren) hold our elected leaders accountable, the shadowy conservative cabal can just sit back and laugh, because we are going after the media, and not the people who really deserve it. Can the media do better? Probably. Can our leaders to better? Yes, but only if we hold their feet to the fire.
