Alex Balk on KvH
liberal fantasies Katrina Vanden Heuevel Wants A Pony
Nation editrix Katrina Vanden Heuevel, whose commitment to liberalism
is almost as strong as her commitment to snuffing out all forms of
humor or excitement in her magazine, offers her take on the Dan
Rather-Katie Couric kerfuffle. Guess who’s to blame? Big corporations!
“Recently, NBC News led its evening news program with two-and-a-half
minutes on Paris Hilton. Coverage of Anna Nicole Smith topped Iraq
War coverage on the networks night after night. There is no question
that the network news programs have become cogs in the conglomerate
machine where news is a profit center. We desperately need a news
media that raises the tough questions, acts as watchdogs of the
public interest, questions authority–performs the basic duties
required of a free press in a democracy.”
Sure thing, Katrina! As long as we’re asking for things we’ll never
get, you wanna add on our urgent request for a magically filling yet
energizing pastrami sandwich that will also make it suddenly be
quitting time for the day? A sandwich that could bend time and space
and also be really tasty? And maybe it could be delivered on a pillow
balanced on a unicorn’s horn?
It’s Not About Dan and Katie [The Nation]