[tambourine-man]

Originally Posted by theknife

the fact is that 80% of the mileage that this story has gotten is because Cindy Sheehan is staging this protest in Crawford, Texas, in front of an army of media who have nowhere to go as long as the Prez is there and absolutely nothing else to report on. if she had done this anywhere else, the story would have come and gone by now. from a strictly pr point of view, one could say it was a very clever move on her part - guaranteed coverage.

that being said, if her little circus keeps the hard questions about the war on the front page and in the mind of the public, then this event, political theater though it may be, will have done some good.

I know what you mean, but I guess I just dislike 'reality tv' razzamatazz.

Originally Posted by theknife

without question, the press has been asleep for years, but populist eruptions of sentiment can blow open doors that the press is not comfortable opening on thier own. if it takes a performing seal to get their attention, so be it. whatever it takes.

I suspect that when one sacrifices the content of an argument for the benefit of greater volume or exposure, you open yourself to the ravages of the varying media agendas - and none of them include pressurising Government... at least, not to the point of discomfort. I hope that Ms Sheehan's actions will keep the 'difficult questions' in the public's gaze (and maybe I was a little harsh in my opinion), but I doubt it will provide anythig more than tabloid titilation.