{"id":25570,"date":"2012-01-16T12:00:37","date_gmt":"2012-01-16T18:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=25570"},"modified":"2012-01-16T09:50:31","modified_gmt":"2012-01-16T15:50:31","slug":"civility-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=25570","title":{"rendered":"Civility"},"content":{"rendered":"

Perhaps the funniest bit of political\/media commentary I’ve ever seen.<\/p>\n

Ever.<\/p>\n

And I’ve seen a lot.<\/p>\n

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The Daily Show<\/a><\/strong>
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I apologize, “Daily Show”. All – well, much – is forgiven.<\/p>\n

At least on its surface.<\/p>\n

But as I watch this, something just doesn’t pass the sniff test.<\/p>\n

This blog has attacked Froma Harrop – she of the “Civility Project” who called Tea Partiers “Terrorists” even as she called for “civility” – not a few times in the past.<\/p>\n

She’s an idiot, but she’s not stupid. \u00a0She can’t <\/em>be stupid enough not to figure out she’s been shown as a bobble head at least, a corrosive hypocrite at worst?<\/p>\n

Can she?<\/p>\n

I mean, I don’t know why: \u00a0is she trying to push her way past the flap with a little incongruous humor? \u00a0Or is the world of the media so utterly insulated that she believes nobody will call her on it? \u00a0Or is it just when you’re part of the “elite” media, nobody that matters ever really will call you on it?<\/p>\n

I guess “c”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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