I'm reading the Google news list of Helms headlines/first sentences.
The media are so funny; everywhere you look in the Helms obits, you see "uncompromising". What a lovely word...
And yes, he's dead, but come on, uncompromising? He wasn't "The little engine that could." He was one nasty character with a nastier disposition. I don't mean that everyone should point this out, but wouldn't it be nice if one paper/network/radio network would take the contrarian's view? Just one?
But, as I well know, the big media generally won't make waves, at least not anymore. Most of them operate under the most obvious fear based behavior: "Don't call attention to yourself! Don't take a risk; we might get letters, or someone might not like us! We might upset the accountants at the top of Disney/Time/Viacom/News/GE! Ahh!!!!" Better to just report the easy stuff (dead pretty white girl anyone? No? Well let's do politics...).
So when they do take a risk or an ornery or strong opinion, they often get it wrong...Dan Rather.
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