A roar of frustration

The coverage of Patrick Kennedy’s spot-on assault on the Washington press corps this moring was more bemused than substantive, as if his red-faced tirade was more interesting for being loud than being right.

But Kennedy was correct in his assessment of the misplaced priorities of the press corps — focusing on Massa ad nauseum (coverage of the Massa fiasco is warranted, but not to the extent that we’ve seen) at the expense of Afghanistan, worrying about the politics of healthcare at the expense of healthcare, ignoring the nearly every issue of real importance to focus on fluff and nonsense.

So, go get ’em Patrick.

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Author: hankkalet

Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet