Shirley Sherrod... A Teachable Moment
By: Les Carpenter III Rational Nation USA Yesterday the news media and the blogoshere went wild chasing the Shirley Sherrod (racism) story... After Andrew Breitbart released an approximately two minute cut from USDA's Sherrod's forty six minute address to the NAACP. Initial reaction was of course negative and in fact lead to Sherrod s firing. When it first broke yesterday I was inclined to jump on the story as I believed it would be a hot topic and initially thought "getting my two cents worth in early" would be desirable. However, my better judgement told me to hold back. My sense was there was more to the story than Breitbart had originally put out. My thoughts at the time... it only stands to reason a two minute cut from a longer address may very well not be representative of the full content of the address. Everyone is aware of the 'thirty' sound bite right? To my mind that is what I thought the Breitbart'...