Friday, January 13
Compare and contrast
Independent Women's Forum looks at the differences between NPR's coverage of Kennedy's blowup at the Alito hearings, and the actual committee transcripts.
"Now, things have changed. We have C-SPAN, we have Limbaugh, we have the Fox network, and we have bloggers. We can see and read for ourselves instantaneously what actually goes on at confirmation hearings. We can watch the spectacle of a cultivated and courteous 55-year-old man with a brilliant professional record sitting along with his family--his wife, his nice-looking daughter, and his teen-age son--as he is grilled for hour upon relentless hour by a bunch of graying and aged hippies who are obviously so poorly qualified and prepared for their job that they can’t even get out questions and they flub basic legal and parliamentary issues."
"Now, things have changed. We have C-SPAN, we have Limbaugh, we have the Fox network, and we have bloggers. We can see and read for ourselves instantaneously what actually goes on at confirmation hearings. We can watch the spectacle of a cultivated and courteous 55-year-old man with a brilliant professional record sitting along with his family--his wife, his nice-looking daughter, and his teen-age son--as he is grilled for hour upon relentless hour by a bunch of graying and aged hippies who are obviously so poorly qualified and prepared for their job that they can’t even get out questions and they flub basic legal and parliamentary issues."
