December 10, 2001

"WE NEED OUR ARTISTS TO SPEAK THE TRUTH TO POWER."

That's in one of the letters in response to that Salon McGruder interview. It continues: "McGruder's statements may make you feel bad, but where are they inaccurate? Truth seekers can be so pesky." Yes, curse those truth seekers! If only they would allow us to remain in blissful ignorance...

Below that, a much less dippy letter: "his political views are repackaged liberal/left boilerplate with no evidence of anything new or critical, expressed with all the eloquence of another Saturday night TV comedy sketch character, this time a Frankenstein monster cartoonist who can stammer only the words, "'Publican steal election war bad!""

(I feel so "ghetto" getting all my info about this interview from a blog summary and a "letters" section, but there's no way I'm paying a "premium," even for "in-depth investigations and fearless commentary." So maybe I missed all the terrific "truth-speaking" parts, but I'm willing to take that risk...)

Posted by Dr. Frank at December 10, 2001 11:28 PM | TrackBack