Was watching #CLEvsKC #KCvsCLE & realized that there's more accountability in sports broadcasting for athletes who make mistakes than for politicians who led #USA into criminal, brutal wars in #Afghanistan #Iraq & elsewhere.
The @Browns punter mishandled a snap, & @Chiefs got ball deep in Cleveland territory & scored a touchdown. Immediately, broadcast feed focused on the punter, I assume so that angry Browns fans could see if he felt sufficient shame that his mistake cost his team dearly.
Meanwhile, as people in #USA go without because the government doesn't have enough money to meet their basic needs, as its military murders people in Somalia, Libya, Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, etc, the media completely neglect the politicians, generals & pundits who
told us this was all a good idea. Worse, many of them are rewarded & promoted. Athletes who screw up - let's berate them at the post-match post conferences. Maybe we should have a katana on the sidelines so they can commit ritual suicide right there on the broadcast?
War criminal politicians, military officers & their cheerleaders in the media? Meh. Let's forgive & forget.
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