A Problematic Resignation

Today, Martin Bashir, a political reporter with MSNBC, resigned following supposed uproar over comments he made about former Alaska Governor and one-time VP candidate, Sarah Palin. Although the commentary about Palin was rather innocuous, Bashir was forced to resign anyhow.
The message boards all either attacked Palin as the idiot that Bashir decried, or attacked the reporter as a leftist coward who should be held accountable for such treasonous views. However, not one respondent addressed the real issue at stake, so I had to elucidate the issue as succinctly as I could.
Here is my response:


"So now the Press can no longer hold our politician's feet to the fire?
If anything, the Press in the United States has been soft on our elected leaders as corporate media owners are deeper and deeper into the pockets of our politicians' war chests.

Where is the political accountability of days past when media pressure effected real change? These days you can't say boo about a politician without drawing the ire of some idiot who thinks that we have to pussy-foot around issues, scandals, etc. so that no one's feelings are hurt.

This "resignation" is problematic of the greater, systemic issue of media oversight that is increasingly bound and gagged, disallowing true freedom of the Press. As a whole, the US Press needs to step up and really investigate issues and stop being afraid of those who want truth and accountability hidden from the general public."

So far, in the 37 minutes since my posting, not one person has addressed my comments; opting instead to add fuel to the fire of either side the message board opinions as illustrated earlier in my comments. This lack of awareness as to the real issue typifies a growing ignorance and lack of caring about the direction in which our political landscape is headed, and of the perils [to the United States] which accompany such a dangerous path.