Reynolds Heats Up to Room Temperature
Posted by Ginny on October 11th, 2008 (All posts by Ginny)
We usually know what Glenn Reynolds thinks, but the temperature is low at Instapundit. Today he is prompted to comment at (relative) length: “So we’ve had nearly 8 years of lefty assassination fantasies about George W. Bush, and Bill Ayers’ bombing campaign is explained away as a consequence of him having just felt so strongly about social justice, but a few people yell things at McCain rallies and suddenly it’s a sign that anger is out of control in American politics?” Dry, laconic and link-filled, Reynold’s post gives context. He blames the media; reading the comments at the NYTimes, I begin to see different narratives built on different perceptions of how McCain’s crowd acts and the appropriate response to Palin & her children. I wonder what is true and what is projection - and how we will ever know. One thing the media’s biases have done is make us doubt its reporting. I’m not sure what was actually chanted at that McCain rally - chants reported in a way that angered John Lewis, set off some of the commentors and led to McCain’s apology. Surely, however, defenses of booing don’t come from an understanding of civility. (Gateway Pundit)
