Skewed coverage of Egypt?

A thoughtful reader takes apart Andrew Sullivan's Daily Dish coverage of the Egyptian unrest, calling it somewhat skewed and overly sentimental (bordering at times on naivety). But he makes his case civilly.

He argues that the Dish’s news coverage is analogous to how Hollywood bends historical reality in The King’s Speech to fit a crowd-pleasing narrative.

An excerpt:

"I saw a movie last night, The King's Speech, that allowed me to boil down what bothers me about your coverage of the events in Egypt and other countries where popular revolutions have tried to get off of the ground. ... There are two broad things happening in The King's Speech. On one hand, they're trying to describe things that actually happened to real people who actually lived through them. But on the other hand, they're trying to fit stuff into a narrative. And in the movie, the narrative always wins out when it collides with history."

"You guys are covering events in Egypt through the lens of a narrative. I absolutely don't think you do it dishonestly or deliberately, or even that you have any awareness that you're doing it. And I don't think that your narrative collides with reality in the same way the one in the movie does. But that story about people going out there and standing up for their freedom is almost like a Hollywood story, it has that same kind of appeal, and I think you guys get caught up in that. I think your affinity for that narrative damages your coverage."

The Dish is among the best political blogs out there. But the reader’s point is powerful. Moreover, his criticisms easily apply to the broader media coverage of Egypt. That is worth bearing in mind as events unfold amid the ancient pyramids. Read the entire critique here.