I saw a very interesting exchange between Senator Rand Paul from Kentucky (Republican) and Senator Dick Durbin from Illinois (Democrat). They were discussing the government shutdown and specifically the reopening the National Parks on Wednesday October 9, 2013.
Here is the link to the youtube video of the exchange:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmqdiDrDIrU&feature=youtu.be
What I found interesting about this is that each side painted a very different picture of the same situation. Just like media does. Depending on what side you favor you will take the same facts and use them in a way the makes your side look like the better. (As a side note I also found it comical that Senator Durbin at every opportunity wanted to point out that Senator Paul is a junior Senator and that he isn't - as if this made his argument invalid)
This exchange, I think, was a great illustration of what the problem is in Washington today. It also allowed first hand accounts from the policy makers to go directly to the people....oh wait no one really watches C-SPAN.
Now I understand that C-SPAN can be incredibly dull,and we all can't just watch C-SPAN, but isn't that would our media is for? Shouldn't they be filtering this type of info to us?
The answer is YES! But did they? Not that I can see, I can't find any major news organization that showed this exchange. But then again I could be the only person in America that enjoyed seeing this and wishes there was more coverage of it. Because if that is the case I don't think I make up enough of a viewership for the media to care about....
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