Sunday, April 01, 2007
High Drama
With all the resources commanded by media giant CBS, you'd think 60 Minutes could come up with a more challenging topic than the lame dispute over using or not using DNA database evidence that might lead police to a close relative of a suspect or convict. Pretending this is a big social issue--while leaving aside questions like why black men in the southern US are still fodder for a prison industry founded on pre-Civil War legal and moral values--creates the misperception that legal institutions are generally reasonable while civil rights advocates are nothing but sky-is-falling nitwits.
Then again, given the degree of criminality within the U.S. Department of Justice at present, I suppose CBS feels compelled to help its friends in the White House. As Dan Rather himself once remarked, "When President Bush asks me to jump, my only question is how high?"
Then again, given the degree of criminality within the U.S. Department of Justice at present, I suppose CBS feels compelled to help its friends in the White House. As Dan Rather himself once remarked, "When President Bush asks me to jump, my only question is how high?"
