Forgive Me, Ms. Sheehan (May I Call You That)? But Ethics In North Carolina Are NOT Free

It's not a secret. I'm not exactly a fan of N&O columnists Rob Christensen or Ruth Sheehan: Christensen because he pimped John & Elizabeth Edwards for so long that he must be driving a 1980's white Cadillac with tinted windows, fake leopard-fur seats and dice on the mirror (no offense intended to anyone who might own such a fine vehicle), and Ruth because she cannot print a story that's remotely critical of anyone she may have a personal, albeit superficial relationship with.

If you make a hat for her kid, it's a free pass.

And that's what's wrong with journalism in North Carolina. Especially locally.

Ruth has a cutsie column up today on Bev Perdue and ethics. I'm certain Sheehan was going for worldly "tongue-in-cheek", but it reeked of smug fourth-estate-hypocrisy-of-the-worst-kind. I left a comment on the thread:

This column made me sick.

Ethics are NOT "free" in this state Ruth. Ethics are hard and they have cost some of us huge chunks of our lives while people like you have sneered and spit and looked the other way. We've begged for the press's help but the sad fact is that the press was (and for the most part still is) in bed with the very ethically-challenged leaders you now make fun of.

If you want to put ethics back into the equation of North Carolina government, might I suggest that the press (aka "fourth estate) get its head out of the soon-to-be-oil-soaked sand and start reporting on/telling some of the stories you've ignored for so long . . . of ordinary North Carolina citizens pummeled by corruption.

And in that sense, Bev Perdue is just a tiny zit positioned over a carpet of oozing/smelly pustules.

I feel better now and can get on with my day. Blogs can be so theraputic.