Tuesday, July 19, 2005

What's in a picture...


Many looked at this picture and found reason to scoff. But maybe those folks have never been to a rodeo. Cowboys aren't known for being fashionable but that doesn't keep us from donning our cowboy hats and boots and getting into the spirit of things. One minute media is saying that Stephen Harper is too serious looking and the next they turn around and look for opportunity to make him look ridiculous. What's ridiculous is an 'objective' media making sport regardless of the suitability of dressing in western gear in the context of the Calgary Stampede. Maybe it wouldn't hurt for some of our elite media to kick up their heels and live a little.

As election draws nearer we're going to be hit with all kinds of typical media bias. Here's a link to a good article entitled "Scary Evangelicals"



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