Democrats Hope GOP's Michael Steele Survives

I think a lot of things go on in this government that often has little to do with which party is in power. It's as if human nature seeking to own power is always manipulating things behind the scenes. It's reflected in secret agendas that this country is essentially paying for with our tax dollars. It might be oil in the past fifty years, or it might be something else in the future. Only occasionally do we get to put our fingers on it, before it morphs into some new scheme later on. (Some brave souls actually try to change this.) We could be much more aware of it if we didn't constantly have the wool pulled down over our eyes with a media in sympathy with these forces in one form or another. Because right now, a sense of mission in our media has been replaced with the need to satisfy share holders only. News has become entertainment, not a public service. When Woodward and Bernstein were a couple of kids, they had not become corrupted yet by the power they uncovered. Kathryn Graham was an unusual woman who unlike many other publishers, did not fraternize too much with whom she was reporting on. Ben Bradlee had the fearlessness to see a great opportunity, and she had the courage of her convictions.

Carolyn Egeli of MD 9:22AM March 19, 2009