Letters to the Editor
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But Wait, There's more!
What this "investigative" story really reminds us of and therein drags forth a grim reminder, is that, when the Clintons were in power, no story was too invasive, irrelevant, or utterly divorced from the First Amendment's intended purpose of an informed electorate to be relentlessly flogged, whether or not it had anything to do with governance or the President's performance in office. The most pointless and inconsequential garbage served the same purpose then as it does now; to swallow the airtime and distract the public from the fact that somehow, the people had accidentally elected Democrats (!) who might, even incidentally, throw a bone or two to the long-suffering masses in between the usual relinquishing of national treasure and priorities to the powers that be.
Clearly, the media ownership recognizes that the disasters they helped create by their universal adulation of Bush and acquiescence to his bizarre and failed agenda, with the favorable deregulation, false but palatable storylines, and short-term gain, has left them as despised and mistrusted as the administration they championed. Like Bush himself and his authoritarian followers, they know that the only way to avoid accountability and to avert electoral catastrophe, is to maniacally and mendaciously throw everything they have, regardless of its merit, at the Democrats, however they can.
It's classic heads we win, tails you lose. Slams on Obama create doubts about him, but engender sympathy, along with resentment of Hillary. Slams on her, same thing. Meanwhile McCain, no matter how psychotic, corrupt, or plainly incompetent is rendered "boring," since there is no competition there, and the newfound reverence for Viet Nam service takes care of the rest. When the facts and the history are against you, sling mud.
Good work, if you can get it, but how these people will be able to face their children, knowing the world they've helped create, for nothing more than their stock options and careers, is beyond me.