Ctrl-F Media

The media has become so lazy, so fat and happy with their pre-rendered storylines, that I've decided upon a new name for them: the Ctrl-F Media. Their job is merely one of find and replace. For instance, last week I posted about how ridiculous it was to report on Republicans calling John Edwards' mere mention of Mary Cheney a "cheap shot." Well, this week, after debate 3, the media hit ctrl-F, replaced Edwards with Kerry, and ran the exact same story.

I agree with the prevailing opinion on the left that anyone who heard what Kerry had to say about Ms. Cheney and instinctively considers it a cheap shot must be a homophobe. Otherwise, unless there is some shame in being homosexual, why is it cheap? A poster at Kos put the hypocrisy best: earlier in the debate, Bush talked about Teresa Heinz Kerry's role in helping lower the rate of abortions. Why isn't Kerry talking about how "cheap" it was to "use my wife" to "score political points" on a "hot button issue" like abortion? Republicans don't want to admit their shame and hypocrisy; they want to say that Lynne Cheney is "protecting her daughter" by lashing out and calling Kerry "a bad man." Protecting her from what? She's an out and proud lesbian. You have to believe that lesbianism is wrong to consider Lynne Cheney's act one of protection.

But the media doesn't explore this reasoning. It hits Ctrl-F.