THE BIG STORY OF 2005

OK my DEM friends, set aside your NYT, WaPo, LAT and any other MSM sources you depend on to support your vision of the world, and listen to Austin Bay tell you the REAL BIG STORY!

The money quote for me is the following comment on why television - which I believe drives the MSM in general - doesn't get it:

• "Television, the medium where image is a tyrant, finds incremental economic and political development a particularly frustrating story to tell. A brick is visually boring -- a bomb is not. The significance of a brick takes time to explain, time to establish context, while a spectacular explosion incites immediate visceral and emotional responses. In the long term, hope may propel millions -- hope that democracy will replace tyranny and terror. But in the short haul, violence and vile rhetoric, like sex and celebrity, guarantee an immediate audience. " (My emphasis!)

I find little to argue with in Mr. Bay's summation of the real "Big Story", and I hope you will give this sea change some consideration as a reason to pursue W's strategy.