In Celebration of Jerks?

I suspect anyone with half a brain is aware that Bill O'Reilly is, perhaps, one of the biggest Assholes in the known universe. Recently, for reasons that completely escape me, he was chosen to receive the highest honor bestowed at this year's Emmy Awards, the Governors Award. A Boston TV host on Comcast's CN8 Channel in Boston, Barry Nolan, protested the award and launched an email campaign to encourage members of the New England Emmy chapter to join him in recognizing that, ". . . at least the people who had been honored in the past had pretty much followed the part of the Hippocratic oath that says, 'First, do no harm.'"



As a result of Mr. Nolan's efforts, and his temerity in pointing out what should be patently obvious to anyone interested in actual "fair and balanced" reporting, he was fired from his position. Today he posted on Think Progress and I love what he said about what constitutes free speech. He says it all got him to ". . . thinking about the myth of free speech. In today’s America, speech is only “free” when you are talking down to someone less powerful than you. Speak 'up' – and look out."

You can read the rest of his post here. You can also read more at Think Progress if you've a mind to. They cover some great stuff . . . if you're a progressive. If not, well . . . you probably don't belong here reading my blog. Go visit one of the premiere Assholes in the world - O'Reilly, Limbaugh - take your pick. There are far too many others and it's not my job to point them out to anyone.

Cranky