Presidential inauguration is celebration of our unity

By Cynthia Oi

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jan 24, 2013

~~<p>Media critics knocked television coverage of the 57th Presidential Inauguration when broadcasters concurred with what Republican U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander noted as the “peaceful, orderly way” through which the nation transfers or reaffirms its leadership every four years.</p>
<p>Other pundits sniffed that the number of people who went to Washington to celebrate Barack Obama’s second inauguration fell to just half the crowd that attended his first.</p>
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Media critics knocked television coverage of the 57th Presidential Inauguration when broadcasters concurred with what Republican U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander noted as the “peaceful, orderly way” through which the nation transfers or reaffirms its leadership every four years.

Other pundits sniffed that the number of people who went to Washington to celebrate Barack Obama’s second inauguration fell to just half the crowd that attended his first. Login for more...