...for last week's circus involving Terry Jones. I agree.
Gabler offers -- what I hope -- is the last word on the subject (my emphasis):
As many folks have observed, the phenomenon of a no-account Florida preacher with a handful of congregants becoming the focus of international attention is more than a little weird. It’s like your nutty neighbor suddenly deciding to burn a Quran. Who would care? Who would even know?
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great article.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/10/this-is-how-the-media-wor_n_712229.html
Jason Linkins thinks Terry Jones played the media. Neal Gabler thinks the media played Jones.
Either way, this whole non-issue got way too much attention. (And Chris Matthews was one of the worst offenders.)
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