Garofalo
Her political views are very focused and on point, and in this interview, Janeane Garofalo explains a lot:
The mainstream media has, in my opinion, been so grossly negligent, so disturbingly devoid of authentic debate, and actual dissemination of information. They are, in theory, the custodians of fact, the watchdogs of government. That's the theory. At a time as important as this, they have absolutely rolled over to the conservative hawkish agenda.
Comments
Two comments she made that I hadn't thought of (I don't spend a great deal of time thinking about celebrities):
They love to pretend that if you are in entertainment, that's what defines you and you can't possibly have any knowledge of what's going on in the news. So you have grown adult anchors and media people who are literally acting like twelve year olds, saying, "You shut up. You don't know anything."
It would be sad if I was only allowed to know about TCP/IP packets and PHP now that I'm IT Guy/Webmaster. Of course celebs can be knowledgeable in other areas. I'm guilty of thinking exactly the opposite, though. I stand corrected.
Also:
"Then there is a lot of the hate mail that says actors are too wealthy to understand what's going on. The actors live in Hollywood, all this kind of nonsense. Do they realize how wealthy the Bush family is or the Cheney family? The Ashcrofts? Bill O'Reilly? Tom Brokaw? Do they realize that if you are talking about the Administration now, Bush and Cheney in particular, the life of privilege, wealth, and elitism they have lived? If you are going to talk about somebody not understanding the common man, then look no further than the Beltway."
A-freakin-men.
Posted by: Doug | May 1, 2003 2:34 PM