Was Gitlins Contribution Some Kind of Sick Parody?
Alessandra Stanley’s TV-Watch column about Rev. Wright’s appearance before the National Press Club is further proof of how the press neglects its duties. Instead of informing potential voters about the actual contents of what is being said, reporters deliver a meta-critique of a person’s body language, his clothing, and his facial expressions. And instead of focusing on the validity of the speaker’s points, reporters muse about the potentially scandalous effects a given speech might have on any one of the candidates. In this specific case, Stanley called Wright’s appearance a “rich, stem-winding brew of black history, Scripture, hallelujahs and hermeneutics” and she described his behavior as “cocky, defiant, declamatory, inflammatory and mischievous.” I watched Mr. Wright’s appearance on Bill Moyer’s show and listened to the full-length speech before the National Press Club. What I saw and heard was, in the first instance, a thoughtful and broadminded listener and, in the second instan
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