I READ THE PRAISE TODAY, OH MY


and i have nothing but thanks.

At the end of a day in which I've taken a lot of heat for (once again) suggesting that media types enjoy a loving, lingering infatuation with Senator Breath of Fresh Air, in which several emailers and even a fellow Pittsburgh blogger have criticized me for believing that media bias, whether intentional or unintentional, is an issue worthy of close attention, and in which the good senator himself possessed such a jaw-dropping mixture of irony and audacity that he actually blamed his Texas and Ohio defeats on media bias against him (!), this seems like a fine time to go against the grain, and, for a change, note here the lone assenting view that happened upon my inbox today:

This just underscores how naive some of your emailers are. I am sorry you are subjected to that sort of nonsense and thought it was nice of you to respond to them. THE big story of this election, as I see it, is the media's wet dream over Obama, the triumph of style over substance. The gist of what you do is point out that we're NOT focusing on the issues -- precisely because of this schoolgirl crush the media (and, I guess, people like your emailers) have on the nice talking senator. You were a pioneer in pointing it out. It's the most valuable service TWM provides.

I hope you always do TWM the way you want, without any interference, Chad. It's the best blog in Pittsburgh.

That last sentence is surely an exaggeration. But the rest of it, especially on a day like today, sounded pretty good to me.

Posted: Wed - March 5, 2008 at 10:45 PM          

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