Rathergate
I'm rather fatigued from all this Rathergate stuff.
I'm actually pretty surprised that anyone got fired. Despite the fact that the memos were the most ridiculous forgeries (cached here) ever concocted by a mentally unstable washout with an axe to grind against the Prez.
Not that I don't think it's a good thing that those folks are losing their jobs. They deserve to. Hell, I really didn't expect anyone to get fired. Maybe Mapes' personal assistant.
CBS did the right thing.
But I really don't think this event will Change the Landscape of the American Media Machine. Maybe it'll make some execs and producers think twice about its sources before going with a story. Let's hope. But I'm not sold on the idea that this will fundamentally change anything. Cynical? Nah. Just realistic. I'm actually pretty happy CBS did what it did. I just have very low expectations of people in the media that are pretty deeply ingrained due to my own personal experience with them.
I think the coolest thing to come out of Rathergate is the fact that pajamahadeen has not only entered the national lexicon, it's entered with a bang and a flourish.
So anyway, if you care, TKS is bloggin' like a maniac on the subject.
Posted by Matt at January 10, 2005 2:27 PM
