Republicans are playing Democrats like a fiddle

[KharmaTrain]

76. They're Playing The Corporate Media Who...

...is playing those who want to be outraged. It's yet another "scandal" that already has filled hours of airtime and millions of electrons on blogs about how everyone is being spied on. It's the typical game of creating sensational headlines before the facts are known and when they do come to light they are downplayed or portrayed as a weak defense. For the partisans this becomes the latest game in a time when there are few real "sexy" issues to get outraged about. For those on the unhinged right, this is yet another "example" of whatever demon you've long ago assigned to this President...and on the "professional" left or those who just don't like Obama it's yet another "sell out"...usually from people who never liked or those whose special interests haven't been addressed to their satisfaction.

All in all, we're in the outrage season. In the media world, we're a long ways from the next elections and the only way to keep eyeballs to the teevee is to manufacture scandals or amp up whatever they can. For a vast majority, they not only couldn't be bothered with this bullshit, they're tired of it...but for those who want/need red meat against this administration, it's open season...