Jeff Rosenberg at Minnesota Campaign Report wrote what I was thinking this morning. I honestly believed that Obama vs. McCain would be a dramatically different kind of political campaign. But it really isn’t. Part of the blame can be placed on Obama and McCain, but I think a good deal more of it belongs with the media and the way ideas are discussed (or ignored) in modern politics. Fact is, a lot of people on both sides have strong opinions about this campaign without really knowing why.
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I think the media makes the campaign bland because of all their blather. When something trivial happens, they blow it all out of proportion, and before long, everything seems trivial. We would, in fact, benefit from a lot less babbling and a lot more SERIOUS reporting. Sadly, the era of ethical television news reporting seems to be long dead. The result we see is what we get with infotainment.