I just read an excellent article by Matt Taibbi entitled Karl Rove -- A Latter-Day Tom Sawyer? over at Freezerbox. It's about the media's handling of Bush's Turd Blossom all these years in light of the Valerie Plame story now unfolding around him.
Taibbi assails the American media for committing the real crime in all of this--Rove's coddling by journalists and his fellow politicians who "in this country have over the years cheerily honored this vile, scum-sucking pig of a human being by calling him names like "genius" and "boy wonder" and "wizard"--as though the business of Rove's life was somehow cute, quirky and lovably mischievous."
The indictiment is strong and, I feel, right on. Taibbi continues, "We live in a country so deadened and so cynical that everything, in the end, becomes just another pastime. Just another summer blockbuster that'll probably suck, but what the hell--at least the effects will be good."
Rove may have finally stubbed his toe on Plame and suddenly the media's stepping back from the romantic image they've painted of him.
"Karl Rove is a character of a type that reappears from time to time throughout history--an unscrupulous power-chaser of the highest order, who rises to the top by demonizing and defaming innocent people. He's an elementary-school bully who proves his chops by throwing rocks at the retarded kid. And he reached a position of public honor thanks to a loophole in our national character."
That loophole sits squarely atop the shoulders of American media. If you get a chance, I highly recommend Taibbi's piece.
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