Balance is overrated

Tim Russert died today. Seemed like a nice enough guy. Unfortunately his strength turned out to be the country’s weakness. He was so good at preparing for “Meet The Press” that it spawned a cottage industry in Washington of lawyers etc… that would prep crooked politicians and their representatives so well, that the show turned out to be just another propaganda pulpit for the people that hijacked the Republican party and sent our army into another country. (If it weren’t, they wouldn’t have bothered to go on the show. They LOVED it.) The guests would not only be ultra prepared, but Russert would give them all the time in the world to spin their lies, not really taking them to task. I used to say out of frustration while watching this dance go on every Sunday morning that I hope Russert’s having a nice life with the money he’s making on the backs of the men and women that have died due to the selling of the Iraq occupation on his show. Now you might say that this propaganda was just a byproduct of Tim’s well meaning diligence. Well, maybe at first, but after awhile, he had to have known what damage his show was doing to the truth. I think this type of journalism was born out of the O.J. trial when I believe one of the most evil people that ever lived, Johnny Cochran, turned this country around by presenting ”the other side” after each fact in the case was presented to the jury. Almost nothing is provable now that there’s the “truth” and “the other side” to every argument. I hate to say it, but with all due respect, this country is probably better off now that “Meet The Press” has to change moderators. Especially, with the upcoming election. My guess is that the guests that will now appear on the show, will be just a little less prepared knowing he won’t be there. Tim Russert was a Democrat, an American, but first and foremost a Capitalist that lived high off the hog on the misery of some very unfortunate Americans. And that, for better or worse, is how I will remember him.