Goodbye to All That

The logic behind the candidacy of Barack Obama is not, in the end, about Barack Obama. It has little to do with his policy proposals, which are very close to his Democratic rivals' and which, with a few exceptions, exist firmly within the conventions of our politics. It has little to do with Obama's considerable skills as a conciliator, legislator, or even thinker. It has even less to do with his ideological pedigree or legal background or rhetorical ... Full Story »

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Shawn Peirce
3.7
by Shawn Peirce - Oct. 1, 2008

It is - in a sense - good journalism. It's journalism in the sense that this story is NOT the same thing as the garbage that so many of those who call themselves journalists these days produce - a product most of them are pushing because their wealthy corporate owners see Clinton vs Giuliani as the best bloodsport for ratings/circulation in 2008. This story is journalism because - while it may already state things that most of us know - it frames the argument more fully, instead of just saying "Hillary isn't electable." Is it textbook "good journalism"? Hardly. But when so much of the ramblings of so-called journalists these days are simply words designed to keep them employed by their right-wing leaning corporate masters, it's nice to see a story like this telling it the way it is.

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