CommonDreams offers "Sotomayor, Gingrich, and the Demise of Our Press Corps" by Eric Boehlert. It begins: "Last week's press coverage of Judge Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court was gruesome in so many ways, as reporters routinely fell down and failed to reflect even the most basic tenets of journalism."
I have watched the coverage with similar frustration and annoyance and even despair at times. The resentful and narrow-minded GOP narrative is getting far too much attention compared to the compelling narrative of this very bright, qualified and compassionate judge.
ERROR CORRECTION > Headline misspelling > It is Sotomayor, not Sotomoyer.
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JUNE 4 UPDATE:
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My friend Lowell Avery responded via Facebook:
"You may be right, John. In which case, do you recognize your tacit admission that the media usually throw their weight behind the Democrats? I went to the Boehlert piece you referenced, and the context of Sotomayor's speech makes her comment no better. Perhaps that's the reason the media has not pushed it. Or perhaps the media wants a distracting nomination fight to keep the public's attention off the gov't hijacking of the economy ;-)"
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The media fails us when they fail to offer context. Soundbites do not a narrative make.
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