tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288462925756379716.post7239492851320538672..comments2013-01-03T05:53:29.294-08:00Comments on Left Right Across and Hold: CambridgeBernardo de la Pazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13311733730523945450noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288462925756379716.post-74075347498352512632009-07-27T12:29:30.436-07:002009-07-27T12:29:30.436-07:00To be honest, the first I heard of the Cambridge a...To be honest, the first I heard of the Cambridge arrest was a crawl (on both CNN and FOX) reporting the President accused the officer in the arrest of acting "stupidly".<br />I was surprised and figured something really wacky must have happened.<br /><br />When I took time to actually look into it (I have many more pressing matters on my mind), I was stunned to discover that the reporting by *all* the networks - apparently being most concerned with being 'scooped', as they used to say - did NOT have the officer's version of the incident... and neither (so it appeared) did the President before commenting.<br />Clearly, the whole thing got blown out-of-control unnecessarily. And is remaining at the forefront mostly because neither side wants to back-down after having made an admittedly hasty decision (and there are those with nothing better to do than keep stirring the pot).<br /><br />I guess I agree with you that the truly sad thing is people have been / are being trained to rush to judgment, mostly to aid in the pursuit of an agenda, not in a pursuit of the truth... One reaps what they sow; in this case the generation of discord and invented controversy seems to be the Real Goal. <br /><br />Pity that we stoop so low and consider such actions as 'acceptable' behavior.Steve Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11281228341784551551noreply@blogger.com