How to Write an Editorial

As the bodies continue to rot with no pickup in the streets of New Orleans while Michael Brown makes professional firefighters from around the country hand out PR flyers, it’s more than time for someone to tell it like it is. Here’s a start:

Minneapolis Star-Tribune wins the print award for today.

Exactly what went wrong, in both the planning and the response, must be assessed in short order. The ability of the United States to prepare for and respond to disaster — whatever the origin — is vital to its security. No less, it is critical to America’s ability to honor its shared values, which include attending to the poor, the sick, the vulnerable — the very people who suffered most from the government’s incompetence last week. Yet the White House delays the reckoning while pointing fingers at others.
Incompetence is bad enough; not taking responsibility for it is shameful. Blaming it on others is a national disgrace.

Here is the video winner:

Keith Olbermann of otherwise useless MSNBC steps up to the plate and hits it out of the park. If you don’t have quicktime 7, try this link (right-click and download) instead.