The Gates arrest continues to gather storm in the media, with Sunday News programs devoting 40% of their time to scrutinize it, review it, comment on it, and infuse into it what they think; blame, culpability, insinuation, and so on and so forth.
Is all that infusion necessary, when the real issue is that President Obama has got so much to deal with, in terms of Health Care Reform, the Economy, Unemployment, etc., and therefore he is to be given the peace of mind he needs to graple with these important problems? Is the media taking control of our lives; although we know that they have already taken control of the airwaves and are able to put out whatever information they wish; but do we, as an audience, have to accept that?
President Obama himself has come out to say that he " calibrated his words differently", which meant that he could have used any other set of words to react to the incident. Like, "irrationally", "grotesquely", "foolishly" or any number of English verbiage only to be wordiness.
He has the audacity to speak as he chooses, just as any of these commentators has the right to say what he or she likes, so long as it falls into the purview of FCC regulations. Yet, their harping on a local Cambridge, Massachusetts issue is ridiculous. Or are they just trying to fill the time with something which has the name Obama involved, just to produce a news program? Who are they fooling?
Most people are not as rich as some of these media personalities who have large financial interests, in the form of big contracts, with the Networks, and therefore they can spend much of their time to besmirch the people they dislike or disapprove of, on the radio and/or television.
However, is that the smartest thing to do on a Sunday morning? Most people do not think so; but they want to listen to what is beneficial to them and their families. Media frenzy is complete balderdash to them, and that is the last thing they want to watch, or listen to, or encourage.
Please, leave President Obama alone, media.
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