Thursday, May 30, 2013
When Obama and Xi Jinping meet next week, I assume there'll be a press conference or two, yes? Will the media hound Xi over China's cyber malfeasance, give him a taste of what it's like to operate in a country where free speech actually matters, is ostensibly revered? Or will they do the president's bidding and keep their mouths shut in order to save Dear Leader the embarrassment of them actually doing their jobs? But wait - look at me, silly sod, foolishly imagining we still had a free fourth estate when everyone knows our press willingly surrendered their first amendment rights the day Obama first put hand to bible and preened for the cameras. Oh, my - brave new world indeed. But who'll be our Prospero, the one man who knows the truth and can command the magic to heal these wounds? Instead we get Calibans everywhere...
