... our pals in the media&business press, political press, US Weekly--are treating this calamity like it was Hurricane Ike or some reenactment of the story of the Golden Calf.
Public policy must matter at least somewhat. Otherwise, why do people pay so much attention to politics?
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A hits-the-nail-on-the-head opinion piece. American news media long ago transformed serious journalism into melodrama. Abandoning their fourth estate responsibilities, they concentrated on beefing up the bottom linemore crassly known as profits. Successful melodrama has to have a main plot, protagonists, antagonists, and be sufficiently simplistic to involve the audience (American public in this case) emotionally in the drama. Depending on one's politics, protagonists and antagonists can be anybody now on stage auditioning for the lead. As for why we're in this mess, and what should be done to rectify it--why the Hell spoil a good plot with analysis and facts?
