For a change of pace, here's some comment that's not economic gloom and doom -- instead it's criticism of the media in handling race matters this month. The blog, on the New Republic site, criticises handling of both Eric Holder's confrontational speech and the New York Post's controversial cartoon, which led to Rupert Murdoch's apology. It's a good change of subject.
The post says that the media, in general, blew both stories by letting overcoverage of the Post story overshadow the tough speech by our new attorney general. My personal problems in the media virtually always come when I think stories are underplayed or ignored, especially when they're overshadowed by what Kovach and Rosensteil call "info-tainment."
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