The Guardian will be available in an American print edition soon. This follows stories on Alternet about Ann Coultier's book bombing, and Micheal Savage getting canned from MSNBC. Could it be that the Iraq propaganda war represented a low point in American media discourse, and they're actually on our way back up? I hope so, because particlarly in media, the US direction tends to put up- or downward pressure on our Canadian outlets.
At any rate, Tim Rutten, writing in the LA Times, hopes so, but believes his country has gone a very long way in the wrong direction. And he observes even right-wingers running from their thick-necked brethren and sisteren (et, tu, Sully?):
On his influential Web site, Sullivan on Tuesday described Savage as "a lout, a loudmouth, a bigot for hire and a significant part of what is wrong with the far right. The amazing thing is not that he no longer has a big job at MSNBC. The amazing thing is that he ever had a job in the first place."And scroll up Sully's blog to see his thoughts on Coultier. Run, Forrest, run!
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