Stupid Pets
Observe, if you will, the species journalus inthetankus as it completes the odd but enduring ritual of self-flagellation. Having intentionally let its quarry go free, it writhes on its back in supine guilt and recrimination—only strangely to fatten itself on stories to do with turkeys (first with George Bush, now with Sarah Palin).
“For their part, the media have no reservations. Like a schnauzer toggling behind its hobo master, the press will weld itself to Obama and lick his hand whenever he sees fit to acknowledge them. Chris Matthews came out of his red-brown closet and declared that he will do everything in his power to make sure that Obama’s presidency works.
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Already, the press covers Obama’s flank. Manufactured stories about the alleged anger of ‘right-wingers’ and polls documenting the president-elect’s soaring favorability ratings have appeared, even though he has yet to complete a day of work.”
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“It’s the most disgusting failure of people in our business since the Iraq war.”
Like lemmings plunging into the sea, this ritual serves no evolutionary function that scientists can discover, yet we see it over and over again. Perhaps this is why the entire genus medias whorus is held in lower public regard than jellyfish, sewer rats, e coli bacteria, and Congress.