You wouldn’t hire me as a voice of youth, or to write a fashion & glamour column, or as an athlete in any track & field event whatever. Why not? Because as an old one-legged raggedy hermit I’m hopelessly unqualified to do any of those things. Likewise Jay Carney the former presidential press secretary should not be able to find work as any sort of journalist in any logical universe. Because – in a logical universe – we’d want to have some expectation that journalists are telling us the truth.
Yes, I know we don’t live in that universe. But still. There is no record that Jay Carney has ever done that at any time.
So of course he got an a-list gig immediately. Because news = not giving a shit about the truth, or even being expected to.
Surprising a grand total of no one, former White House Press Sec. Jay Carney will return to the spotlight on Wednesday night in a new role as a political analyst. His first task will be to assess the incredible proficiency with which President Barack Obama delivered his speech on America’s strategy to deal with the ISIS threat. Great speech or greatest speech? The anticipation is pure torture.
Yeah, I know it’s no big thing. But…sometimes it hits me anew just what a sad, sorry world this is.
Frankly, I think Carney and CNN are a perfect match.
Seriously; is someone still watching CNN to get informed?
So are you suggesting that he was lackluster in his turd polishing abilities? Cuz’ if you ask me that’s what a “political analyst” does. Enthusiasm would likely be the first thing to go.
Truth – in the ‘news’ – would read like a crop report. How else to fill the other 23 hours and 45 minutes of the broadcasting day?
A memory of Baghdad Bob just floated by.
My understanding is that an unbiased, truthful press is a fairly new concept. Newspapers were partisan, lying screeds from about 1776 to oh, around now. Seriously though, newspapers usta not be fair or even factual. Politicians, OTOH, haven’t changed at all. Ever.