Howard Dean who, during the last Presidential election when he made a complete ass of himself (not to mention proved that being a great “internet candidate” doesn’t mean shit) criticized the Bush administration for their lack of transparency and accountability (all the time trying like hell to keep his records secret).
Well, as if to prove that he’s serious about transparency and accountability, Howard Dean called for candidates to have meetings with potential constituents and bar the media from attending.
No, I’m not shitting you.
During the Mortgage Bankers Association conference, a banker expressed frustration with candidates who only talk in sound bites and wondered how that could be changed. Howard Dean, once a presidential candidate, offered a simple solution.
“I suggest you have candidates in to meetings like this and bar the press,” Dean said.
The Democratic National Committee chairman criticized media coverage, arguing that networks such as CBS used to put content first and didn’t mind losing money for the prestige of delivering a quality news report. Dean said the days of Walter Cronkite are gone and the corporatization of the media has led to a desire to boost profits.
“The media has been reduced to info-tainment,” Dean said. “Info-tainment sells, the problem is they reach the lowest common denominator instead of forcing a little education down our throats, which we are probably in need of from time to time.”
I’d love for Mr. Dean to give an education on transparency and accountability. I’d openly laugh right in his hypocritical face.