ABC's "This Week" More Interested In Susan Boyle Than Torture Memos

Funny that a guy like Chuck Todd would describe the recent urgency in the public over the release of the torture memos as something outside the mainstream. When the media looks back on this past period of our lives, chances are, they won't remember it for the torture memos that formed a dark chapter in American life. They'll probably recall this as the week that Susan Boyle sang a song and amazed British people. She's a nice lady, okay? And I'm glad she's triumphed over adversity or obscurity or whatever, but we've literally had her exploits shoved down our throats a little overmuch, don't you think?

Let's recall for example, that This Week with George Stephanopoulos closed out their last Sunday with a segment, in which their political roundtable discussed Boyle. Seriously! When's the last time they devoted time to a bit of pop-cultural effluvia? Let's remember: this panel included George Will, who'd been coming off an old-man rant about how the DENIM PANTALOONS were destroying America.

Watch it, if you want to. There's about nine minutes on Tea Parties. Four minutes on the Hugo Chavez and his scandalous book and handshake. Then, five minutes, about torture memos. And then, apparently to offer Peggy Noonan the LAUGHTER! and the FORGETTING! that she needed to go on living, they devote THREE MINUTES TO THE SINGING LADY. George Will talks about Harry Potter! Sam Donaldson, who wants to ask Castro if he killed Kennedy, wondered aloud if the whole thing was fake! And they mostly interrupted Cokie Roberts.

Anyway, really important news, as usual.

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Comments

[PhilipTaylor]

A SPECIAL PROSECUTOR can find out everything we need to know!

It is Time!

[Hagrid]

George's panel were all 60-somethings, out of touch with what today's America is about

[cbeenthere]

Must be why I am friendless at age 62. I am surrounded by fuddieduddies my age. However, I see them also coming up in the generation we have whelped. I know I tried my best to raise children who could at the very least think for themselves, that was what was important to me.

[justbeingme201]

This Week's "This Week", was the worst, and quite a few have been pretty bad.

[lmvd3]

No kidding. I caught this and thought it was the weirdest news show segment that I have ever seen. Suddenly, serious political pundits who have never cracked a smile, were gleefully critiquing singing style. What sort of parallel universe is this?

[logic63]

Another almost balanced show goes doen the drain to the right.

[CAHertzfe]

Does anyone really watch this program anymore?

[cbeenthere]

Nope

[Poststep]

I couldn't believe it when I saw this. It actually made me respect Gregory and Meet the Press, almost.