Yumyumsuppertime wrote:The Ben Boys wrote:Cool. Thing is I believe most of that, I just realize there's a tilt. Not to the extent of MSNBC and Fox in their respective spectrums, but I gotta be a realist and at least aknowledge that the media isn't the high minded crusaders of social justice and "telling the people the truth".
That's waaaay overstating it. They didn't even know who he was, identifying him as "the heckler". Moreover, he was not attacking the government or the system, though the outburst being directed at the president was what brought the incident to light. Again, a breach of decorum and incredibly inappropriate.
You think that it mattered that they didn't immediately know his name? This was an elected Congressional Representative heckling The President of the United States on live television while the man was fulfilling his Constitutional obligations. That's the equivalent of holding up your middle finger in the background during the inauguration.
Someone stared at my prick when I had for fill my body's obligation at the urinal. That's the equivalent of sexual harassment. When I put it that way it has a whole new meaning.
As I stated earlier, it's because of Pelosi's position within the party. It isn't as bad in context, obviously, and I definitely considered the State of the Union incident worse after a quick refresher (again it was meant more as an aside) but this incident isn't getting the attention I believe it should get.