Does this headline sound absurd? It should, but it – and worse are repeated daily in one form or another. Daily Show regular John Hodgman joins Rachel to examine the phenomenon of ‘The echo chamber effect’ which takes wild imagination and turns it into ‘news’ almost instantly. Edward R. Murrow it ain’t.
The montage of Obama’s India trip exemplifies just how fast these absurd and harmful stories spread- through every pundit on FOX News, Limbaugh, and numerous
right wing bloggers. There is nothing greater to win hearts and minds in a
recession than to create a grand tour which includes, but isn’t limited to: The U.S. Navy, scores of planes and ships, a 2,000 person entourage who will all stay in five star comfort to the tune of over two hundred million dollars a day – where do I sign up? For that matter, where does President Obama sign up!