More food for thought

Leonard Pitts, who is an op-ed columnist for the Miami Herald (and whose work appears frequently in the Press-Enterprise) is one of This Space's favorites, mainliy because of his ability to cut through the hysteria of a given situation and deliver the rational point of view.

He did it again here.

The whole flap over Golf Channel commentator Kelly Tilghman's flip comment about Tiger Woods is yet another example of how the chattering class takes an incident and turns it into a crisis.

Did she say something stupid? Absolutely. Is it a firable offense? No. Does it reveal a pattern of thought or deed? No. Are those who pounced on it doing so for their own selfish reasons? What do you think.

Maybe the problem is that the chattering class fell into the same trap as Ms. Tilghman -- not thinking sufficiently before speaking.


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