They are almost worse than the politicians. They are minor politicians trying to get your vote to watch them. Much like the conventions, the Talking Heads (TH’s) will pander and manipulate while ignoring their own hypocrisy.
One TH railed on Palin for trotting her kids out for the media. He went on and on for quite a while. Didn’t Obama’s kids stand on stage and talk to their Daddy via satellite? The TH’s gave Palin a pass on her daughter being pregnant while they believe in abstinence sex education and lambaste Britney Spear’s sister.
The TH heads are worse than lying politicians. They mislead the public much more than the politicians. They promote the agenda and the facade of these politicians for 7 to 20 hours a week. Of course they are preaching to the choir, just like a cult leader. They may very well start with good intentions, just like unions were once upon a time, but the power goes to their head or ego, thinking they are doing good works.
The worst of it was when Palin was accused of hiding her daughter’s pregnancy by claiming the pregnancy herself. 97% of the media didn’t run with the story, but I wonder if that had to do with it being a weekend more than anything else. I guess it is almost understandable as the mainstream media missed the boat on John Edwards story completely.
We have a screwed up system but it is one of the better ones around. If you are going to vote make sure you don’t get the your information from one source. Listen to the other side occasionally. Understand that everyone has a bias and their comments and yelling are all based upon that. They will miss facts and points and never realize it.
Look around your room and count how many items are red. Go ahead. How many were there? Now, without looking again, how many items in your room are blue? That is how easy it is for someone to forget that Obama had his kids trotted in front of the DNC. That is how they forget how they chastise parents for the pregnant teenagers. If you are going to vote, take off the blinders and make an informed vote filtering out noise.