Another Reason Why I Like Watching Karl Rove Squirm

I just finished reading the fact check on the Bush ad accusing John Kerry of accepting a large amount of special interest donations. It is true that Kerry did accept a great deal from special interests groups. What is ironic, however, is that Bush received substantially more than the Kerry campaign did from lobbyists, corporate types and other special interests groups. And to think that the Bush campaign would call Kerry “unprincipled” when he himself is attacking one of his main funding sources. Boy do I love irony.

While the net has become a great source for information sharing and putting out targeted messages, what scares me is that there is so much clutter on the net that people don’t know what is what. In the case of the Bush ad, people may actually believe that Bush gets most of his donations from small donors rather than from hitting up his friends on K Street. What is more concerning is that idea that the media has become so complacent in that they wouldn’t report of something like this that is blatantly false.

While there is a lot of clutter on the internet, there are also a lot of watchdogs like the Annenberg Report that keep those in the limelight honest. Anything otherwise would be “unprincipled”.