The media is out of control. And many are parroting the media. I'm starting to regard the media as entertainment and entertainment only. This isn't even opinion journalism. It's tabloid entertainment. There is little substance beyond people complaining about nothing!

Did everyone really expect that healthcare would get passed in one week? How about bringing the troops home in one month? Or closing Abu-Graib in a day? What of ending don't ask don't tell? 10 months! And the media is asking you to believe one of two things. He's either too slow... or he's moving too fast. Which is it?

Did folks forget that there is a constitution and that he explained that he would follow the constitution. Congress was supposed to lead on Healthcare. He is supposed to differ to the other branches of government. His job is to sign it into law.

Again!

He's moving too fast!
He's not moving fast enough!
Shouldn't he slow down!
He's dithering!
Shouldn't he put more troops in quickly!
He should take his time and assess the situation on the ground!

Pull! Tug! Lead!

Too much exposure!

"He should come out forcefully for a public option!"

And so he gives a speech to the joined branches of congress and states clearly what he wants to the tune of "you lie" and the media is still explaining that he isn't clear enough and they spend an entire week pimping Wilson to the national electorate. WTF!

And to boot - the media has been wrong about damn near EVERYTHING! They've been on the wrong side of coverage even when they say they're covering news! Sanchez of CNN (Huh) wanted to bulldoze Fox for explaining that he did not cover the tea bag protest! ARE YOU SHITTIN' ME?! He gave that noise machine a dissertation on Fox's own promoted event? He looked real smart there didn't he?

And... Cost containment is more important than the health of all Americans...? The media is an arm of the political discourse in this country and the rest of the world is laughing at us. They are looking at us and wondering what is going on in this country. HOW CAN COST CONTAINMENT WITHIN HEALTH CARE BE MORE IMPORTANT THAN LIFE ITSELF? EXCUSE ME! And the media just laps up every freaking talking point the GOP lays out there.

The entire media from coast to coast on every channel has become Fox Noise! Stop following Fox down the rabbit hole. The grenade is going to go off sooner of later and news will lose the shred of legitimacy it has. This endless drum beat of negative vomit is not news. It's just vomit and I think people should stop parroting the negativity.

DU should hold a moratorium one day a week on the gossip of the day and call for the promotion of the positive accomplishments of the last 10 months.

Do we really want to go back to 8 years before? Remember that? The media wants the Hoffmans and the Becks and Limbaughs to rise up once again. We only help them by promoting their stories. Stop it! Depress this noise by reporting Democratic accomplishments. The president in 10 months has done more than any president in my memory. President Obama is not perfect. He doesn't walk on water. We must push him to be the kind of president we elected. Write him and tell him not to keep feeding Afghanistan! Tell him to stop caving to his advisors. This is more constructive than being a megaphone for the negative dumbasses rotating the network dials.