While there's been some nervous chuckling from the gallows gallery at the thought of newspapers having to write their own obituaries, this morning Headline News offered a glimpse of the end of the entire Fourth Estate.
About 60 seconds of the broadcast was devoted to Robin Meade's near breathless "report" on the Obama administration's rapid push for the largest ever {as everything is these days} government spending scheme: an $825-billion economic stimulus plan.
A key part of selling the plan, according to Robin (or whoever writes her copy), was the launching of a Web site by Team Obama to help explain the new regime's need.
Well, that's all fine and good, but I couldn't help but see the day when an administration (not necessarily the Big O's) simply circumvents the news media by explaining their desires via a Web site. I mean, these issues are far too bewildering to allow anyone but those in charge to translate the intricacies to the masses.
And the beauty of a Web site, of course, is that you can revise (excuse me, "update") your position bit by bit as you go along and not have to worry about what might have been on the site a year, a week, a day, an hour ago.
It would surely free up the administration to "do the people's work" by not having to answer to any of those pesky reporters hounding them with stupid questions, such as: "You say you must have this stimulus package approved by Feb. 16, do you think you'll have a Treasury Secretary by then, and if not, who will be shepherding this historic expenditure? Would that be Larry 'Women Are Too Stupid' Summers?"
Reporters? We don't need no stinking reporters. Just email us with your concerns and we will forward them to Larry or Joe. Better yet, go twitch on Twitter or chat at Robin's roundtable, but please, give us the money and quickly as you can and then go back to feverishly acquiring as many MySpace friends as you desire.
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