Adreana Langston:

I do not feel fatigue about the Democratic process. In fact I'm invigorated by the large number of new voters that have registered during the Democratic primary. What fatigues me is the manner in which the race is being covered by the corporate owned media, especially the Democratic primary. I am very annoyed about the lazy way the majority of the media handled the Jeremiah Wright story, including Larry Mantle, for whom I have a lot of respect. Bill Moyers took the time to actually look at Jeremiah Wright's statements in context and totality and then deconstruct the comments on their merits (or lack thereof). So many others only went for the soundbites or only looked at the comments in the context of a political horserace. Well I heard the comments in context and I don't disagree with them. I bet that a lot of Americans, Black Americans especially but not only Blacks, were ENCOURAGED to support Obama by Wright's comments and/or by the irritation they felt at the manner in which the comments were covered.

Posted by Adreana Langston | May 6, 2008 7:42 PM