"WILL'S GLUTTON FOR PUNISHMENT"
No, he's not getting punished at all. That he's still published after what is a career of lying about just about anything, is testament to that.
Recall his last article about global warming. There's was a lot of outcry over the inaccuracies in it. But what consequence of that did Mr. Will receive?
He publishes this article.
There's a very good reason for it. Controversy, even if self-induced, generates copy.
The Washington Post knows this.
The larger question for me becomes ->
How does one motivated in implementing real and positive change - on issues like this and others - function in a dynamic where the debate is largely muddied by this kind of chatter?
Should I simply ignore what people like Mr. Will and the corporate media say? Should I encourage others to do the same? After all, these people and their Right-wing/Conservative movement isn't in power. After all, if they keep repeating the same lies about the same issues over and over again, what is the point of having places like Media Matters repeatedly correct, us on the Left continually upset of the distortions in the media being dropped on the public?
Or, must people like me continually come up to post our responses to such distortions as a way to clean up debate? My problem with this is that the Left still doesn't have an effective voice in debates over issues like Global Warming, Iraq, Afghanistan, Economic issues, Gun Control, etc. Our voices aren't very loud in the larger medium of the public debate - those voices are muted by the larger corporate media. And even when they are heard, they are often demonized (Krugman called shrill).
My thinking is we should be concentrating our attention towards those in power, and working to ensure that the right solutions to the problems we all face are implemented. Obama has been elected, and the Democratic Party has control over Congress, but what is the point of having power if one doesn't use it for good?
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