Posted on 11/21/2008 10:17:50 AM PST by jazusamo
The MSM needs to portray 0bama as a second Jimmuh Cahtuh or Herbert Hoover in the interests of fair and balanced journalism.
I would say the public has moved even beyond a position of distrust toward the mainstream media. I for one see it as a force more dangerous to democracy than terrorism. We have been successful in fighting terrorism and keeping the homeland secure. But the mainstream media is not under control and in fact is getting worse by the day and consequently more damaging to democracy by the day. So there is not only distrust of the mainstream media but also positive and intense hatred for what it is and what it is doing.
BINGO!! (I am still only half way through reading but had to pull this out and comment.)
America’s Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column
You’re definitely correct.
So there is not only distrust of the mainstream media but also positive and intense hatred for what it is and what it is doing.
So on spot! I look forward to the day when the liberal MSM is just a vague memory. If all were reduced to rubble I would be dancing in the streets. Yes the public hates the MSM!
“I would say the public has moved even beyond a position of distrust toward the mainstream media. I for one see it as a force more dangerous to democracy than terrorism. We have been successful in fighting terrorism and keeping the homeland secure. But the mainstream media is not under control and in fact is getting worse by the day and consequently more damaging to democracy by the day. So there is not only distrust of the mainstream media but also positive and intense hatred for what it is and what it is doing.”
Amen brother! 100% correct.
He's right on the mark with that.
Fifth, support the Republican Party and other voices of opposition that provide the kind of information that the mainstream media ignores. You have to put your money where your mouth is to assure that the public gets both sides of the ongoing political controversies.
This contradicts ever so slightly a comment above that says the Republican National Committee didn't send out any literature that clearly articulated much of anything (my words and summary of this point made). Thus I must say that the Republican party put up someone like John McCain as a presidential candidate. Most of us conservatives are still shaking our heads at how this guy won our primary. I have never seen a Republican treat Republicans with such distain and be so very nice and pandering to the Left as McCain is. He is enemy number two. Think McCain Feingold and all the phone numbers these lefties in California have to go harrass supporters of Prop 8. Thank McCain Feingold for that. Those numbers should not be available. But I digress.
Until the Republican Party actually has conservative ideals and puts up candidates that support and commit to following through with those ideals AND can clearly fight for those ideals (against the left when confronted) as well as clearly sell those ideals to the American people as any smart large organization that wants to exist has to do these days.
They are considered the enemy from within. Look at what happened with the spending and all the old guys that are near death that are put up as candidates. It is time to modernize the GOP and go back to its conservative roots--define them--and sell them through the best PR around and also candidates that act as such. Until then. Until I see movement in this direction I will NOT consider the a solution. They are gutless right now and shameful.
>>So there is not only distrust of the mainstream media but also positive and intense hatred for what it is and what it is doing.
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>He’s right on the mark with that.
There’s also an intense hatred and distrust of our politicians, all of them, in congress and state... and if anybody ISN’T sickened by the “Recount until the loser wins” (Minnesota, NM last election cycle) they ought to be; in a corrupt election, nobody’s vote counts.
Also, at what point is the military-man to put his foot down and say, “F-ck You!” to these fools who are destroying the Constitution that he’s sworn to protect? If a lower-enlisted, or even most NCOs and junior officers, said it it would be considered improper and insubordinate; and yet, the officers that ARE in the positions of authority to say it, are too embroiled in politics to do anything!
Yes. Such a refreshing article. I am also glad he took many points that Murdock made and elaborated and dissected then even further. I had many of these thoughts as I read what Murdock has said--but just didn't know it until this gentleman articulated then so nicely :-). I also love that the author is solution focused and with such solid but simple directives. Refreshing indeed. Motivates me to support these orgs and the media he lists. Although he missed one--Free Republic :-D.
I often wonder if the authors of these article surf the web to read comments regarding their articles on the blogs. As a writer I am sure many of them do, if not at work, in the hours that follow at home tucked in bed with their jammies--LOL--where they most likely wrote some of these--if not where they first jotted these thoughts down.
If this is the case for this fellow (not the jammies, but the checking of comments I say--Awesome job my friend. Way to push the envelope on already poignant news (Murdock and his incisive analysis of the MSM) and to propose clearly defined solutions to your readers that actually will make a change.
Good post and I especially agree with the above.
I disagree. If there were such a vast distrust of the MSM then the majority of the country would stop watching the network news. But that’s not the case. The majority of Americans get their news from ABC, CBS and NBC. This is spoon feeding blatant socialist propaganda to the masses especially younger generation. If there are no oversight or consequences to them for what they spew, plan on just getting ready for the collapse in complete free fall right now.
Fifth, support the Republican Party and other voices of opposition that provide the kind of information that the mainstream media ignores. You have to put your money where your mouth is to assure that the public gets both sides of the ongoing political controversies.
Do not support the Republican Party because it provides the kind of information that the MSM ignores. Support the party only if its values and beliefs are in line with yours. The party does need to gets its message out, but it first needs to determine what its message is. I do not fault entirely the MSM for the current state of the Republicans.
Not so -- their news shows only average around 20-22 million viewers combined. More than that may watch some nights since not everyone watches every time, but that is far far short of a "majority of Americans".......
If you add in all MSM sources such as newspapers etc. it's a lot more but the alphabet networks do not control the agenda the way they once did. Still, they do enjoy far more influence than they should.... same can be said for the "agenda-setting" NY Times and WaPo, of course.
See post 16. I should have read your comment before I spent time articulating what you just said!
This coming four years will be a test of the dedication of our fine military, hopefully they will endure and overcome.
Many of us are on the same wavelength. :)
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