[Boatanchors] Re The Media

[Jim Wilhite]

My question is why try to embarrass either blind people or 
the President.  I guess the answer is, Your Tax Dollars at 
Work.  If it were not for NPR this jerk probably would be a 
reporter for the Point Barrow, AK newspaper.

Jim/W5JO


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" <dfischer at usol.com>
To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 5:06 PM
Subject: [Boatanchors] Re The Media


>
>
> Hi All,
>
> On NPR a few minutes ago the announcer was commenting on 
> Paul Reynolds. According to Mr. Reynolds, the President 
> was "Acting like a blind man in a room full of deaf 
> people."
>
> Now why is it perfectly alright to use such a description 
> of a blind person that makes them out to be clumsy 
> stumbling oafs and demeans the deaf as being ignorant of 
> what is going on around them?


> Why do these elected officials, radio and TV announcers, 
> newspaper and magazine writers and other people get away 
> with it? >