Stephen Colbert dissects the Right's oxymoronic tactic of simultaneously calling Obama an ineffectual milquetoast president and a great evil that is dismantling America, whatever that means.
| The Colbert Report | Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c | |||
| The Word - Two-Faced | ||||
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And Jon Stewart points out that a president trying to appeal to Americans by treating them like adults is, well, a losing battle.
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
| Political Shift in D.C. | ||||
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Stewart's critique of an unhinged Keith Olbermann is another relevant one to watch.
American politics is now operated through carefully-constructed PR campaigns. The government runs like a corporation. Admit no fault. Engage in reckless behavior, deny, obfuscate, move on. Our mainstream media is perfectly comfortable with this charade. In fact, it's encouraged. Our modern media apparatus has taught Americans to want theatre. Complex problems that beg for rational solutions are not sexy. They don't "play well" on cable news. Therefore in a time like the present, when this country has a lot to fix, our media and political cultures can't handle. The media won't demand accountability, so politicians are allowed to ... dither, as they say. Fiddle while Rome burns. It's a big game to our media and political classes: Who's up, who's down, and how to I stay in office? It takes comedians to point that out now.
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