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January 24, 2005
Feel the burn...
Michael Kinsley says:
"Crossfire" didn't cause the ideological divisions in this country. It reflected them. Sometimes it reflected them so well that people got angry, and they shouted. But that anger was usually genuine. These were people doing democracy the honor of feeling deeply about it. That's not so terrible.
Kinsley is confusing what people do on TV with what people who watch TV do.
What we need in our democracy is a little more deep thinking to go with that deep feeling. Otherwise, yes it is so terrible.
Posted by acline at January 24, 2005 1:36 PM | | Spotlight