COVID & Social Media Turned Most American Elected Officials Into Cowards

To be fair . . .

TKC doesn't want to talk to MOST of you people either. Meanwhile, a blessed few readers are actually pretty clever, funny and make my day with pithy reactions, remarkable insight, perspective and stories shared freely . . . The whole reason I do this thing really.

Meanwhile . . .

Canned conversation and phony showdowns staged by legacy newsies are becoming a thing of the past . . . And that might not be a tragedy. 

Here's the premise . . .

"How difficult is it to be "fair and balanced" when one side of the conversation won't return your call? What it means when candidates and elected officials stop talking with journalists about the issues that affect people’s lives."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Are election debates a thing of the past?

We've been noticing something. It's getting harder to get elected officials and candidates - some of them, at least - to talk to us. There was a time when participating in debates was a given, an automatic bipartisan agreement to answer questions in the name of civic discourse.