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...they fed the many-headed media beast. Once the Soviet Union and the Cold War were gone, we have had Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill, the O.J. Simpson case, Waco, Oklahoma City, the death of Princess Diana, Colombine, the Icarus descent of John Kennedy Jr, Clinton and Monica Lewinsky, Elian Gonzalez, and much, much more...
...again as the saviors of the world, while Cuba appears in the film, according to some critics, as mere decoration in a sugary film of pure Hollywood style. With more dialogue than action, the film tends to send the spectator to sleep.” Looking back, the Elian Gonzalez brouhaha would have been a lot simpler if we had just traded Kevin for Elian. (Wouldn’t I make a great Attorney General...
...battle recalls the aftermath of last year's Elian Gonzalez raid, when the Cuban boy's Miami relatives and supporters of his father touted dueling images: Elian screaming before a submachine gun-toting INS agent, and a happy boy reunited with his dad. Editors and producers thus challenged will often use both sides' images. But a Solomon-like approach is not automatically evenhanded. News organizations tend to present conflicts from a perspective in which equal time--or photoplay--constitutes fairness. But to show a slain Jew for a slain Palestinian may imply that both sides have suffered equal losses...
...Today, the only reliable ratings spike for CNN, MSNBC and FOX is a continuing saga - à la Monica or O.J. or Elian - which is why network execs won't be sad if the fliers have an extended holiday in the East. They will be able to have their fancy graphics and chirons; their running heds, like MSNBC's "U.S-China Showdown," or Fox's "U.S.-China STANDOFF' (yes, it's all-caps); their hot-headed guests, like Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (who called the fliers "hostages held by a hostile power" - nice alliteration, Dana!), and opportunities for young and pretty anchors...
...Arguing for the first scenario is the fact that Americans are not only a fairly tolerant people but usually have short attention spans. Twenty-four/seven cable television may unnaturally inflame and prolong a story (Elian Gonzalez, let us say). But once it is over, it is over. New dramas and sensations supersede the old one, and in time people will not quite remember what a chad was. Further, it would be against the interests of blue America - self-destructive, in fact - for the Democratic leadership to overdo its righteousness and its demonization of the Bush administration. The columnist Michael...