Glen Greenwald on the John Edwards' hair story and how the coverage of it lays bare the worst flaws in modern media culture. New Drudge-affiliated online political magazine The Politico is the offender here. The lead political reporter writes piously about how the story 'won't die' and is somehow catching some groundswell of interest -- as if he himself is not driving it with eight stories in the last two weeks!
Greenwald goes on to make a 3-part point about the degeneracy of the media these days:
1. reporting objectively false claims ("the American people don't want Karl Rove subpoenaed" - when polls show they do, etc.)
2. pass on government statements with no analysis or evaluation
3. focus on vapid and catty stories to the exclusion of substance
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