News Commentators

The other day on MSNBC I saw Andrea Mitchell talking to a gentleman about his article on how politics in the south has changed in the 2008 Presidential Election. The man from Newsweek (Christopher Dickey) was talking about a recent trip he had taken throughout the south judging people's reactions to Obama's "Historic" candidacy. And there a few things I noticed that bothered me about the news segment.

Observation 1

Christopher Dickey's article "Southern Discomfort" unfairly portrays all people from the south as either born-again followers of the Obamassiah or conservative racists afraid of change.

Had I not been a person from the south or a frequent observer of the political process I could have come away with the idea that every southern conservative is a racist or is afraid of Obama's falsely rumored Muslim faith.

There isn't a single example of an articulate or educated conservative in his article. The only conservatives are delusional racists.

Observation 2

Andrea Mitchell is an idiot.

In our 24 hour News world we are constantly reminded of the stupid questions people can ask. In this Clip, Andrea Mitchell asks if Tim Kaine's (D-VA) potential nomination for Obama's VP has a potential spill over affect in North Carolina. IS SHE KIDDING?

Think about this: In 2004 John Edwards a Democratic Senator from NC was on the ticket and that didn't help John Kerry get one vote that he didn't already have. This is common known knowledge. John Edwards didn't help John Kerry in NC one iota.

So the question is begging to be asked: Why would Andrea Mitchell think that the governor of another state would help swing undecided votes to towards a particular ticket? Does she know anything about politics?

I can't figure out why she would ask such a stupid question unless its just to fill time. Watch the clip below:



So basically, I want to know: Why are these anchors on TV so stupid? and why do they get paid so much for mindless dribble?