Charlie Savage connects the dots from Nixon to Cheney and the sweeping changes in our constitutional form of government, changes that seem to pass largely unnoticed by the media or the average citizen. We know how we got our constitutional form of government. We know how we lost it, or a lot of it. How do we get it back? Is that where philanthropy comes in - or not? I agree with Charlie that this is not a Red/Blue issue, it is a Red, White, and Blue issue that should concern every sentient American.
More here on how the press failed us.
also.
Posted by: Tom | September 12, 2007 at 08:55 PM
Jay Rosen tacks ot down pretty well.
I knew that Charlie Savage had gotten to the heart of the matter in the first couple of paragraphs.
jay's post and Charlie's combined is the kind of thing that Brit Hume ought to read out loud, slowly, on Faux News in a segment titled "How We Got Into Leading The World To Democracy", or something.
It is vitally important to speak out clearly about undoing and remediating .. who do you think will take up that challenge (other than pesky, anarchic bloggers. almost all of whom talk and laugh too loud and irritate the help) ?
Posted by: More Ado About Nothing | September 12, 2007 at 11:06 PM
... as in " apparently you missed most of the interviews done over there ... imagine you got your information from a blog somewhere"
CBS News Gets Snippy when Fact Checked
I wonder what Andrew Keen might say ? Those pros do know what they're doing, after all.
Posted by: More Ado About Nothing | September 12, 2007 at 11:11 PM
They know what they are doing, for sure, and making trouble is not part of it.
Posted by: Phil | September 12, 2007 at 11:14 PM