Professional Critics Miss the Forest for the Trees

The following letter applies to all the Pundits who railed against President's Oval Office speech with characteristically narcissistic silliness:


Hi Rachel,

Your segment with Ezra Klein on the President's Oval Office address was a complete departure from your normal rational self. Your guest did not do anything to add to the situation -- his totally asinine complaint about the President not mentioning Climate Change was partially corrected by you -- but your desire to agree with everybody got the better of you. Ezra the usual wet fish - and the saboteur reporter of the Public Option was just that - a wet fish. You joined in the chorus of blaming the President of not spelling out the details and in the process completely missing the big picture and the monumental challenges that need to be tackled.

It appears to me that the whole MSNBC crowd had a smoking session led by Keith himself. I do not know if Ed and Dylan imbibed of it with you all -- we will know tomorrow. Chris as usual likes the sound of his voice so much he has difficulty hearing anything serious unless accompanied by Kabuki theater. Keith claimed that President did not aim low - he did not aim at all. Poor President with Keith's head lodged firmly where the sunlight don't shine; it was impossible for him to aim for Keith's ears.Once the fog of whatever you guys smoked, clears your head, please watch the clip again. You will discover that you missed the President's challenge completely.

Instead of amplifying the message to tell its implications for the Senate bill and a call to arms, you were looking for details that need to be developed in light of President's challenge by the serious players. Do you think President Kennedy spelled out the details of the space plan or the appropriations that will be needed etc.

This was not only bad journalism, it was also a missed opportunity to explain to the viewers the role of all the players including the general public to meet this monumental challenge. I hope that the usually brilliant MSNBC anchors will rectify this error in upcoming shows by reporting on the forest they missed yesterday.

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