Mini-fisking the Boss

I'll get it out of the way upfront: I likes me some Boss. I've bought many of his albums and spent serious dosh to see him in concert; Tunnel of Love is easily in my top 10 albums of all time. Having said that I don't necessarily agree with him politically, especially during the current silly season.

Apparently, he's given an interview to Jann Wenner over at Rolling Stone, talking politics and the "Vote for Change" tour he's participating in. Editor and Publisher has a write-up, focusing on his take on the media.

Most of his criticism, however, is aimed at TV coverage, and he reveals that as "a dedicated" New York Times reader he has gained "enormous sustenance" from columnists Maureen Dowd and Paul Krugman.

Translation: I consume the media that most aligns with my own world-view...

"Real news is the news we need to protect our freedoms. You get tabloid news, you get blood-and-guts news, you get news shot through with a self-glorifying façade of patriotism, but people have to sift too much for the news that we need to protect our freedoms....The loss of some of the soberness and seriousness of those institutions has had a devastating effect upon people's ability to respond to the events of the day."

Translation: ... but it really cheeses me off when others who I don't agree with do the same.