The Media Want the U.S. to Fail - (proof galore from Cliff Kincaid at AIM.ORG)

A.I.M.ORG ^ | JUNE 30, 2005 | CLIFF KINCAID

[CHARLITE]

We recently got a call from Don Wycliff of the Chicago Tribune, who we later found out is the "public editor" of that paper. That is supposed to mean that he objectively analyzes complaints about the paper's coverage. He was calling us because we were critical of the media's misreporting of the Iraq War, and we contend that the coverage is a major factor in the military recruiting problem.

His bias was apparent in his approach. In his column he did mention a couple examples we cited, but he conveyed his prejudice in how he wrote his piece. Don't take our word for it. Creag Banta sent us a copy of a letter he had sent to Wycliff. This letter says it all. He notes that Wycliff starts out by referring to "an organization called Accuracy in Media." This is clever bias. In other words, the organization is not really committed to accuracy in media, it is only called that. Creag Banta writes, "Cliff consistently comments on media representations of fact that are loaded with emotionally slanted language. Your response honors what he is doing by presenting your position through the same slanted language."

Banta goes on to cite more examples. Wycliff, for example, refers to the "so-called war on terror." Banta asks, "What would you call it, accurately" Wycliff uses the phrase "so-called" to cast doubt on what we are doing. It's as if he believes in some grand conspiracy that the war on terror is just a cover for depriving Americans of their civil liberties. Or perhaps he believes it's just a scheme to take control of Middle East oil supplies. By using the phrase, "so-called," Wycliff enters the Michael Moore camp.

[CHARLITE]

"In their revised world view and history, losing is winning -- and so when you thought these mainstream media personalities were losers of the greatest magnitude, they're trying to convince us they were the real winners, they're really the President of the United States -- if only we'd open our eyes and listen to them. Thus they counsel, "Winning is losing. Good is bad. Up is down. Left is right." Stay tuned for tomorrow's directives on how you ought to think -- as they decree.

You are your customarily brilliant self, Mike. I always enjoy and appreciate your comments; - highly educated and aware insights.......and you certainly are right on the mark here. It's the Madhatter's Tea Party with each dawning new day for the Democrats. They make it up as they go along.

I believe that I just heard Rush say this morning that the Democrat "leadership" (the "elite of the elite") get together routinely to decide what their spin for that day or couple of days is going to be. Then, shortly after they've decided what their position will be, one begins to hear the exact same words and phrases coming out of the "alphabet" network news outlets and liberal print media.

They have no suggestions. They just come up (sometimes daily) with new phrases and attack slogans.

Thanks for your valuable contribution to this thread, Mike!

Char :)

[lepton]

Do they just really hate Bush that much or am I missing something here? Surely the dems and the media don't want America to lose the WOT.....do they?

It is pretty clear that a large number actually do want us to lose - and for political gain.

[MikeHu]

Thanks for your words of appreciation; I'm pretty confident this site is one of the best reads/writes in the universe -- even if the mainstream media is fearful of giving us too much mention. They're going to try to suppress the truth as long as they're still breathing, after getting swept away by the tsunami that is the real collective consciousness of these times.

They dig little fortresses and moats in the sand, thinking that is enough to hold back the ocean that is the total content of society, and not just that small part they claim is all there is to see and know, and they have the exclusive jurisdiction to control. They can fool some of the people all the time, and all the people some of the time, but after a while, it all gets too familiar because they don't have any creative talents on their side. They have to wait for Dean to tell them what to write about -- and they all submissively plagiarize each other as though nobody thought of it before them. You've seen one, you've seen them all. They just do what their Bosses tell them -- while pretending to be in charge.

[McGavin999]

I just love how they want Bush out of office. I don't suppose they've given even a minutes thought to the fact that if they were, by some strange quirk of fate, to succeed that Cheney would then become president.

[wmileo]

"Don't we all lose (right or left) if America loses the WOT? I'm very confused."

The MSM and the folks who run the Democratic party now were siding with the Soviet Union for 50 years. Now they side with whomever will finish the job the Soviets could not do on their own. This means undermining America and everything it stands for. Their heroes are Jimmy Carter, Kofi Anan, Michael Moore, Hollywood idiots, etc. Fortunately our heroes are the ones whose faces we see in the mirror every morning. It is our fight to win the War on Terror (including the completion our mission in IRAQ).

[wmileo]

"I don't suppose they've given even a minutes thought to the fact that if they were, by some strange quirk of fate, to succeed that Cheney would then become president.
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Think like them and it becomes clear. If the Democrats win the US House, impeachment proceedings begin and end with Bush out of office and Cheney gets a heart attack, Crazy Nancy becomes President.