Media Drops the Ball

From Robert Farley at Lawyers, Guns and Money (h/t Matthew Yglesias)

So, I’m trying to find out something about what’s going on in Iran, and on CNN I can watch a rerun of Larry King interviewing several gentlemen without shirtsleeves who apparently assemble choppers. On Fox Mike Huckabee is trying to explain why Jesus hates credit card relief. MSNBC is rerunning something about a prison in New Mexico. CNBC is evaluating whether college students should be able to afford Chanel tote bags.

I just returned home from vacation and I seem to be having the same problem. It would be really nice if I could turn on CNN or MSNBC and see ‘special coverage’ instead of…crap. Andrew Sullivan seems to have the most complete coverage but I am hesitant to put all my eggs in his hysterics-prone basket. These are important events and the media seems to be dropping the ball. Their response sort of feels like the federal government during Hurricane Katrina.