msm Malpractice (Despicably So! Party to the Dangerous Rift They Have Helped Create)

I say this, as someone that wants to be civil, but who watches every god damn special interest group storm the Civilization, loaded on entitlement juju and msm righteous infusions, that I am to the point of f**king bashing back. It is all I can do to not feel boxed and betrayed by the msm, the f**king bloated Republicans and the 40% taking a free ride on my back. It is shake them off time, turn around, square up and tell them get the f**k away…now! Back off…shut the f**k up!

Now what, where has that gotten me. No where. But, if you can’t relate to that…you are the 40% or oblivious. The msm is infected and corrupt. The damn near whole system is corrupt and Mr. O is more corrupt. What does that portend for those carrying the load.

For me there is an overwhelming anger that someone has to, must pay a price for all this. Life cannot go on like this. Where is the justice? Too big, too corrupt, too elite. Maybe it has to fall? They know we are angry. Hence the talk of changing the Second Amendment, from the local scene on up. They are playing a most dangerous game, these elites.  

Now? The reporters are now lining upto confess failure? How pathetic. If they know now, they knew then. I’m not sure what is more pathetic: the indisputable fact of their failure, or their admission after the fact. As if writing a faux-intellectual Monday-morning critique of their industry’s gross negligence somehow excuses it, now that it’s water under society’s bridge.We tried. We blasted out the word from our little anonymous corners of the blogosphere, over and over again. We tried to tell the world how irresponsibly biased the Mainstream Media were in covering the presidential candidates. We were laughed down, ignored, scolded for being bad sports.

We, the nobody bloggers, worked our fingers to the bone, many of us sacrificing whole chunks of our lives, because the paid professional journalists — en masse — refused to be independent. They committed voluntary malpractice, regurgitating faxed or emailed campaign talking points as “news” instead of checking essential facts, much less pursuing actual stories.  They puffed up Obama and his family as if they all worked for Readers Digest, flatly refused to vet him, and did exactly the opposite for Hillary Clinton, John McCain, and Sarah Palin.

History might mark the death of journalism as Americans knew it in the year 2008, who knows. Certainly it should. But I do know that had these hacks performed merely 25% of what they should have, the outcome of this election would likely have been quite different. Likely we would have had our first female president, or our first female vice-president.

http://texasdarlin.wordpress.com/2008/11/25/an-institution-dies/

My anger in no way reflects upon the more principled, but no less frustrated texas darlin’ 

Victor Davis Hanson (Clarity, Balance, Reason….Refreshing)

May I just say whether I am listening to this man on Hugh Hewitt or reading his work, I am always impressed with his wisdom and the depth of his remarks. I have posted a link here, so please read it while taking in the breadth of his comments. Very refreshing to me, because it offers stability to the dialogue. I need that about now.

There is now no journalism as we knew it. It died during the campaign. And so we have no mainstream media audit of politics other than the vestigial shrill warnings about the last three months of the dangerous Bush administration. From the New York Times, NPR, PBS, or Newsweek, we will hear little whether Obama is choosing a good or bad team, or said silly things or contradicts what he promised. They simply have lost all credibility and now the republic is left largely with bloggers, talk radio, and a few newspapers….

 I am still baffled about the exact role of race in the past election and the new Obama Presidency. Like everyone, I am pleased to see that race has been proven to be no bar to the highest office. But is the real triumph simply that the first African-American is a man of the Left? Few cared about the path-breaking career of Clarence Thomas other than to demonize him. Harry Belafonte called the first African-American Secretary of State “a house slave.” No one really praised Sec. Rice’s unprecedented career. She, unlike Obama, was an African-American with a long familial history of racial struggle; Obama in contrast is half-white, and the son of an African national and did not grow up with the vestigial racism in the South. His success is remarkable, but why did other landmark careers go unnoticed? The answer seems to be not race per se, or being African-American even (given that Obama is of half African ancestry)—but that apparently someone of mixed racial ancestry was elected President from the Left (accomplishing what no other northern liberal Senator had done since JFK). That is all I can come up with. Had Colin Powell run and won in 1996, defeating Clinton, Inc., I don’t think he would have enjoyed anything akin to the present worship.

Housing prices for young people in states like California are suddenly affordable for the first time in decades. The war in Iraq is less dangerous for Americans than are neighborhoods in our major cities. Not all is doom and gloom as we read. Capitalism is no more dead than it was supposedly in 1980, 1991 or 2001. The world is less dangerous now than in 1979. There was a reason we were not attacked in the seven years after 9/11—though it will take a decade from now for most to fathom why.

So the closing of Guantánamo, repeal of the Bush anti-terrorism legislation, rapid withdrawal from Iraq (though we are already past Obama’s original target date of March 2008 for withdrawal of all combat troops), cessation of pressure to democratize and the end of hectoring against Arab authoritarianism, soothing rhetoric from a new Chief Executive, renewed diplomatic reaching out to Teheran and Damascus, more even-handed approach to the Israeli-Palestinian problem, and rejection of the notion we are in some sort of war, much less one of a “global” nature, should ensure greater American popularity, win-over our critics, defuse tensions with Iran and Syria, and ensure another seven years of safety from a major terrorist attack at home.

So come late January and beyond we shall see, and we all should genuinely wish the Obama administration well in their promised radical departure from the past, since the stakes are high for us all.

http://pajamasmedia.com/victordavishanson/thoughts-on-past-and-future/

Obamamania and Media’s Big O (Left’s Shameless Propaganda Arm)

michellemalkin.com

Media bias-We have beat this drum for years, because it was obvious despite statistical data being scarce. Now, this year, it is so blatantly obvious that msm is propagandizing for Obama, that no statistics are needed. But, they do exist. Plenty of tabulations have been taking place to highlight positive/negative spin in msm pieces. Overwhelmingly, the slant has been Obama positive and McCain-Palin negative. Yes, the immediate retort is Fox News and Talk Radio. Talk Radio is opinion media, not balanced journalism…easily countered by the Leftist Blogs and what little Left talk radio there is, and HBO and all the entertainment industries opinion pieces.

Fox News is amazingly balanced. Yes, sometimes the anchor shows the personal bias. But, all the talking heads show amazing amounts of balance in presenting opinions from all sides.

So, Fox News v. CBS, NBC, CNBC, MSNBC, CNN, ABC, Most Editorial Boards, Most College Faculties…yes, Fox News is so overwhelmingly influencing minds. Well, to some degree they are. But, by sheer volume of repetitive prop pieces, come on, be real. 

 Send Wolf Blitzer your questions for Obama

By Michelle Malkin  •  October 29, 2008 11:22 AM

CNN has just e-mailed to let me know that Wolf Blitzer will have a sit-down interview with The One on Friday: “The interview will air throughout the three hours of The Situation Room later that day. Blitzer will travel for the face-to-face interview with Obama and plans to anchor The Situation Room from the road. Blitzer will focus in on the most important domestic and national security issues facing voters, especially issue No. 1: the ailing U.S. economy.”

Viewers can submit questions for Obama online at www.iReport.com/Obama.

Or contact Blitzer here.

http://michellemalkin.com/2008/10/29/send-wolf-blitzer-your-questions-for-obama/

Far Left & msm Hypocrisy (A Reminder of the Left’s Heartless Corruption)

 Truly, a monumental example of the Left’s Hypocrisy. Yes, the Right presents principles and then some violate them. Not hypocrisy, but weakness. The principle still remains the same and worthy of emulation by the whole, even if the few fall prey to temptations. But, what do you call the stance of the Regressives, the msm, the man himself. Infusions of infidelity, arrogance, criminality, conspiracy, callousness, cover up, cold blooded denial, heartless abandonment, total lack of character. Yet, look at the total forgiveness via the msm. Look at retention of power. Why? Because the msm did not savage the man. They facilitated his retention of power. It did not matter.

And, today we see the same thing with current events. No one cares, because he is a Regressive and hence excused. Again, the msm covers and launches never ending assaults of an insignificant and distracting nature towards another woman. Fortunately, she is around to defend herself.

Does it not give anyone pause to notice this concerted effort to cover up for Regressives? Does anyone care about Mary Jo and ALL it signified then……………………………and now?          

President Barack Obama (Silence is Golden~Manifest Destiny)

The oft repeated phrase of the ‘liberal media’ or ‘liberal bias in the media’ has never been more pronounced then now. The msm makes no effort to conceal it. Perhaps they feel compelled to marshall their apparent bias against 1 media outlet Fox News. The disparity in viewership between 3 major networks, 3 cable networks against 1 cable network amply displays the propaganda arm of the Left and the Regressive Party.

Yet, here we sit. Writing to the choir, so to speak. If you read this, who do you tell to influence beyond the usual 45%. It is apparent, the great Undecideds will control. They are typical msm recipients. Major issues are of no consequence because the msm chooses to ignore or bland over what would be a hot button 2-4 day info fest if McCain or Palin said or did the same thing. Intense efforts have gone forth to destroy Palin’s credibility. And, although you could say the same thing re Obama’s scrutiny, isn’t there an enormous difference? Yes. The msm bias is akin to State run media. They ignore realities and promote their own agenda.

OBAMA SUPPORTER VIOLENTLY ASSAULTS MCCAIN SUPPORTER….NARY A COMMENT RE THE HATE?

  http://newsbusters.org/blogs/warner-todd-huston/2008/10/22/obama-supporter-beats-mccain-supporter-media-silent 

JOE BIDEN RAISES ALARM OVER PENDING INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT THAT WILL HAPPEN TO CHALLENGE OBAMA AND AMERICA        WHERE IS THE INTENSE SCRUTINY OF THIS COMMENT BY BIDEN?   NOTHING.   NADA.    NUNCA.  PORQUE NO? 

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brent-bozell/2008/10/21/bozell-column-joe-bumbler

And, this is the scary part, the voters probably sense this double standard but don’t care. They have been worn down and configured by propaganda to become easily manipulated bots. Sounds harsh, but it is demonstrated over and over. Propaganda and cliches v. principles. Unfortunately, a Republican, compromising moderate is running and principles evaporate or give way to bipartisanship. More dilution of principles.  

Foolish worship of a man. Dangerous worship of a man. Best case scenario: he is a lightweight poser and is out of his element. A poser who is obviously a Jimmy Carter figure head. A light weight that will sign whatever the Regressive majority puts in front of him. A light weight that will push through Leftist judges to the SCOTUS. That is the best case scenario. Worst case scenario….I don’t want to imagine the long term cost, infiltration and demise he and his will exact. The Undecideds hold the key to the future of this country and they cannot see the forest for the trees. I don’t know who upsets me more: Leftist Robots, msm robots or undecided robots. 

PUMA Still Upset….Posts Show Continued Resentment Toward Obama

http://www.hillaryclintonforum.net/discussion/showthread.php?t=33058

The pic was originally for Bush, but has been recently altered to express resentment over Obama’s selection. It is interesting to me to read the opinions of the posters. Real, continued anger toward Obama. I hope someday we will read all the behind the scenes insults that were hurled toward Hillary and Bill to knock them from the helm of the Democrat Party.

This has been an interesting turn of events. There was a time I would have never said this, but I actually believe Hillary was a better choice for the Democrats. Obama may win, but he will not Lead…he will run like hell with the nutroots, the Congress and the Supreme Court to coordinate the social engineering he and his core supporters believe is their entitlement. A coup of our country from within the system…ala Alinsky. He has not done this alone…massive, repetitive MSm propaganda. Not that the Repub’s don’t try it…but they cannot sustain it for even a fraction of the Left’s capacity.     

As one poster says on their logo: Party Unity My Ass…not the original intent, but perfect. It is actually refreshing that some Democrats are not as robotic as the extreme Left. There are some Democrats that are fiscally disciplined. Nice to see…Good for my sanity and objectivity.

http://www.nobamanetwork.com/     

This is a comment I received from Sandi. It is constructive and should be a reminder to all of us that want a sane and civil society to remember our ‘moral compass’:

 Thank you for your blog, it was refreshing. I too am a long time Democrat that is fiscally responsible. I would like to add mentally responsible. I do not let the television pundants decide my decisions for me in choosing a President of our Country. I am totally disgusted the way Obama has lead his campaign. Bully tactics without a moral compass. The people he is attracting within the party to do his bid are disgusting. I have seen them bash gays, Jews, Hispanics and women. We can do better than that! I have been working Democratic campaigns for twenty years, always voted Democrat. I can honestly say, I will not be voting for Obama.

We must remember to stay civil and united in the long run as a country.

MSm….Leftist Propaganda Arm (But, What To Do?)

MSm

Yes, we all note the ‘media bias’ and enjoy our talk radio, the subcurrent of Fox News, a few magazines and of course the blogs and ezines. But, those creature comforts, in civil discourse, are little compared to the relentless MSm onslaught toward Middle America’s psyche. There is no adequate answer. The MSm is a propaganda arm of the Left. Pointing it out over and over does what? Points to where the rattlesnake is near the sage, but then what? It is still there. Begs the obvious questions of what to do with the rattlesnake. Freedom of speech does not carry with it a need to risk a snakebite…some would argue so, but a counter at least to the rattlesnake is a likely dose of lead. If not we risk further serious damage to our society. Civility and Moderation are not, presently, a means for safe passage through the sage. “Dog Bites Man’…I say ‘Snake Bites Mankind’  Who, amongst us, carries the snake shot…I am tired of the unchallenged intimidation. 

“Off the record, every suspicion you have about MSM being in the tank for O is true. We have a team of 4 people going thru dumpsters in Alaska and 4 in arizona. Not a single one looking into Acorn, Ayers or Freddiemae [sic]. Editor refuses to publish anything that would jeopardize election for O, and betting you dollars to donuts same is true at NYT, others. People cheer when CNN or NBC run another Palin-mocking but raising any reasonable inquiry into obama is derided or flat out ignored. The fix is in, and its working.”

http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/30/dog-bites-man-and-reports-the-story/