Dijongate: Republicans are calling Obama an elitist because he ordered Dijon mustard

[TooFarTampa]

I don't find them any more biased than any of the other news networks or outlets, and less so than some like MSNBC and the NYT. I really don't know of any outlet that is completely unbiased, I really don't think it's possible.

There is bias creep here and there for a variety of reasons, but if the goal is fair, balanced, intelligent journalism with no agenda, the last thing you do is hire someone who for many years was an attack dog for one party to oversee it. It's like the fox being in charge of the henhouse. Oh wait!!

Can we just agree that Obama's choice of condiment is not news?

 

[scooterbug44]

So anyone that orders their food the way they like it is an elitist?

It's dijon mustard FTLOG! It's not an exotic caviar.

Maybe if we had focused less on minor issues and more on important things the country wouldn't be in this current mess.

 

[Dia]

Where are the Daily News and Colbert Report in the rankings? That's where a lot of my demographic gets their news.

 

[rapunzel]

An elitist would ask for Maille, not Grey Poupon. Grey Poupon is a mass market brand available in every grocery store in the country. Dijon mustard is not a fancy, elitist mustard -- it's just the ridiculously effective commercial for the stuff back in 1988 that makes some people assume Americans are dumb enough to hold a preference for strong mustard against their President. These people have been worshipping at the altar of branding for so long they confuse branding with reality.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_pGT8Q_tjk"]YouTube - Grey Poupon Original Commercial[/ame]

 

[30ashopper]

There is bias creep here and there for a variety of reasons, but if the goal is fair, balanced, intelligent journalism with no agenda, the last thing you do is hire someone who for many years was an attack dog for one party to oversee it. It's like the fox being in charge of the henhouse. Oh wait!!

Can we just agree that Obama's choice of condiment is not news?

Absolutely. But politics is all about marketing, both positive and negative. There are a lot of folks who know those commercials. Personally I think this is niche, and really isn't all that signifigant.

 

[LuciferSam]

An elitist would ask for Maille, not Grey Poupon. Grey Poupon is a mass market brand available in every grocery store in the country. Dijon mustard is not a fancy, elitist mustard -- it's just the ridiculously effective commercial for the stuff back in 1988 that makes some people assume Americans are dumb enough to hold a preference for strong mustard against their President. These people have been worshipping at the altar of branding for so long they confuse branding with reality.

But of course.

 

[LuciferSam]

I made myself an elitist burger today using among other things, Grey Poupon. I also used mushrooms, swiss cheese, bacon, and get this, French hamburger rolls! I doubt that anyone could out-elite this. Below is the photo shoot. I have never liked ketchup. I threw it in the trash. My first Dijon burger and it was delicious.

 

[Lynnie]

I made myself an elitist burger today using among other things, Grey Poupon. I also used mushrooms, swiss cheese, bacon, and get this, French hamburger rolls! I doubt that anyone could out-elite this. Below is the photo shoot. I have never liked ketchup. I threw it in the trash. My first Dijon burger and it was delicious.

That looks really yummy, you Elitist! You should open a hamburger joint.........I hope you don't get the swine!

 

[rapunzel]

Absolutely. But politics is all about marketing, both positive and negative. There are a lot of folks who know those commercials. Personally I think this is niche, and really isn't all that signifigant.

Politics as practiced in this country may have devolved to the point where it is little more than marketing, but politics is so much more than marketing. Politics is how a free and just society governs itself, and if we pretend that it is okay that decisions are made based on branding and consumer identification we have become too jaded to function as a democracy.

Fortunately, I think we've reached the point where most people realize when they are being manipulated.

 

[TooFarTampa]

politics ≠ governance

Dijon mustard is not a fancy, elitist mustard -- it's just the ridiculously effective commercial for the stuff back in 1988 that makes some people assume Americans are dumb enough to hold a preference for strong mustard against their President. These people have been worshipping at the altar of branding for so long they confuse branding with reality.

Precisely. Fox News is not alone in this, not by a long shot, but I was thinking yesterday that their "fair and balanced" was such remarkable branding that now many of their viewers consider it to be reality.