Posted on 03/02/2007 6:48:24 AM PST by AliVeritas
One of the most irksome traits of columnists or media gurus is that they never change their mind. Would Rush Limbaugh ever admit "Iraq was a dumb idea"? Columnists occupy valuable real estate, yet dwell in a cave of certitude. Having written this column over these past 16 years, I, too, may have fallen into the same trap.
So let me venture into uncertain ground by admitting that I've changed my mind about a few things. I won't suggest that these changes will affect the course of our society, but I thought I'd acknowledge them anyway.
Cable television news: In times of national trauma, I used to look to the Wolf Blitzers of the world for comprehensive coverage -- almost fair and balanced. It was about the news, not the ratings. Well, not any more -- not when we're served up 24-hour-a-day coverage of Anna Nicole, with an occasional glimpse at bald Britney. Cable news is really Us magazine. I'm back with Brian Williams and Charlie Gibson.
David Geffen: I've intersected Geffen during various demanding moments of his career, and frankly his ability to thrive amid all of them pissed me off. No one should be able to ace music, art and movies and still make canny investments. Yet he's always expressed himself with total candor, even when he was candidly wrong.
His recent snarky comments about the Clintons wouldn't have become big news if the Clinton camp hadn't barked, "You're either for us or you're against us," thus sounding off like football fans in a bar. I guess I'm a fan of that Geffen candor now.
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Rush will eat this up.
No because that would be a utter lie. Will you ever admit you were wrong about Iraq from the start Peter? OF Course not. Not only are you far to arrogant to EVER do that, to do so would be professional suicide considering where you work
Will Dan Rather ever admit the documents were fake and that their "expose" was a bad idea ?
Doomed to be always remembered as a flip-flopper...doesn't he know there is no worse sin than being able to take in new data and make decisions based on that new data?
Ummm... nope.
Indeed.
LOL
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