Sick of it all already...

[elfs]

I am officially sick of the non-stop touchy-feely "Why are you going to the inauguration?" love-fest on NPR. Thank the Gods for RSS; if it weren't for having a diverse newsfeed, I'd think the only things going on in the world were the shelling in Gaza and the crowning as the Prince of Peace inauguration as President for Barack Obama.

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[ben-raccoon.livejournal.com]

You know the media is piling it on thick when even the most hardcore liberals are saying, "Give it a rest already!"

[sirfox.livejournal.com]

I'm trying to be positive and just ignore it for now. To be fair, they've been waiting a long eight years, hopefully they'll get it all out of their system by shortly after the inauguration. At least the yay-fest is better than the "HA! TAKE THAT, MR. OPPOSING VIEWPOINT! SUCK IT!!" tone that a lot of right wing talking heads would probably be shoveling out had the election gone the other way.

[fallenpegasus]

As opposed to the "HA! TAKE THAT, MR. OPPOSING VIEWPOINT! SUCK IT!!" tone that the left winger types shovel out?

[sirfox.livejournal.com]

I'm not saying they don't.

I'm just saying that i'd take Elf's afforementioned NPR love-fest over a spite-fueled hate-fest.

[mikstera.livejournal.com]

Agreed. When it comes to hatred, bigotry, anger, and spite, I see far more of it coming from Conservatives than I do coming from Liberals.

An NPR love-fest may make me roll my eyes, and, eventually, change the channel, but I'd still rather deal with that than with a Conservative screaming his / her hatred at me.

[bikerwalla.livejournal.com]

No, exactly like the "YOU LOST, GET OVER IT" that we got form the right wing in 04.

[tagryn]

...which was preceded by the bitterness over the '00 elections, which was a mix of "YOU LOST, GET OVER IT" by one side and "NO WE DIDN'T, YOU STOLE IT!", which was preceded by "YOU LOST, GET OVER IT" in '96 and '92 and '88 and '84 and...

It's Jane Galt's law: "The devotees of the party in power are smug and arrogant. The devotees of the party out of power are insane." Haven't seen much indication that this most recent switch is any different.

[shunra.livejournal.com]

Just a correction about Gaza. It's not merely shelling.

You also have an 18-month blockade, warplanes hitting U.N. schools (three) and a hospital and much of the local infrastructure of civilian life, rocket fire, and a ground force invasion. Oh, and the U.S. gov't attempting to send armaments to the Israeli side by boat (with European countries refusing passage through their ports) and various attempts to get supplies to Gaza halted by the Israeli navy. There are accusations of massacre and hundred of affected civilians (who are not becoming refugees because they're walled in; see blockade, above).

All in all, that's pretty big news, and there have been some new developments in the course of it which justify a great deal of reporting.

I don't understand the fascination with every last detail of the inauguration. Other than the fact of having him sworn in, the rest seems quite dull. What he'll do and how he'll do it - THAT will be interesting.

[fallenpegasus]

Feel my pain.

I am extremely grateful that I'm going to be on the opposite side of the damn planet for the crowning.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_candide_/]

To be fair to NPR, I did hear a report yesterday where they interviewed people from both sides of the (traditionally-1-dimensional) political spectrum.

OTOH, Elf, you're on the other coast, so you do not have the benefit of hearing Alan Shartock of Northeast Public Radio (WAMC) spill the dirt about NPR. As Mr. Shartock puts it, "NPR is the tail wagging the dog." The organization, NPR, was formed to serve the public radio stations around the country, to do things at a national and international level that no single station could afford alone by pooling resources. Alan Shartock reminds us of this every fund drive, then goes on to point out how NPR now dictates to the individual public radio stations, to get them to tow the party line. And the party line is, "Don't upset the ones who give us money."

This is why, for the past 8 years, NPR has carefully placated those in power … while Northeast Public Radio has told NPR to go shove it.

So now, there's a changing of the guards in D.C., and NPR, always one to chase after the money, is placating the new people in power.

I'm curious to know what news sources in other countries think of the inauguration, or if this all ceased being news as soon as the election was over…

[hydrolagus.livejournal.com]

He's the section headline in the Americas section of the BBC News website and gets a mention on the front page, but the Gaza situation is the main headline: http://news.bbc.co.uk/