The press on Obama, like flies on sh**
This article must be one of the most meaingless in the history of British journalism. 400+ words devoted to the deconstruction of Barack Obama swatting a fly [with video no less]. Adam Rutherford, step outside and take a deep breath…
“But observe the poise, the casual deployment of that famously immense brain to brush aside his irritating opponent. It’s almost metaphorical.”
Sorry to put it in such crude terms, but geez, what an asshole (Rutherford, not Obama).
P.S- I am aware that Rutherford is the one getting paid to write garbage like this, while I come off as a Larry David style misanthrope. I just felt I had to point out the latest inexplicable example of hero worship of the US pres to grace the British media. Perhaps one day Rutherford et al will scrutinise Obama’s actualy policies….I guess that’ll be a cold day in hell.
Kennedy it is not Hero worship, it is God worship. Our media is going nuts over him swatting a fly also. Can you imagine if President Bush would have done the same thing on tv? The media would have questioned Bush’s IQ. Our main stream media in America is ridiculous.
Quick on the insults, not so sharp at irreverence are you? Or humour.
All the best
Adam
If that is really you Adam (it seems unlikely), I wouldn’t worry about my post. Like I said, you’re the one getting paid to write this stuff, I’m just moaning about it.
I just dislike the fact that people pay more attention to this kind of stuff (no matter how irreverent), than the fact that Obama is ratcheting up a war of aggression in Afghanistan, allowing the use of predator drones to attack villages on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border and doing very little about the greatest threat to the planet, global climate change.
If the article was supposed to be humorous, fair enough. I realise it was meant to be more about the fly than Obama but if I’m honest I’d like to see the Guardian’s Comment is Free section reserved for serious scrutiny of our national leaders, most of which are generally shafting the very people they claim to represent.
Like I said though, don’t worry about the opinion of some random blogger…everyone’s a critic!