Yes. I had an exchange of posts with a fellow about abortion. I am strongly against abortion. The other fellow was for it. A kindly poster joined in the discussion and pointed out that some ancient Jews had killed their own children. Now, the kindly poster was also against abortion. He was, I guess, just joining in the conversation. The fellow I was arguing with then wrote something like, “See! Even these religious Jews kill their own children!” the chance to change his mind had been lost by a kindly poster who just wanted to be part of the discussion. I am trying to make the point that our media in the US is behaving like the media in Germany during the 1930s. I think that is extremely dangerous. What are your thoughts on our media being like the media in Germany during the 1930s and ignoring a serious issue which could have dire consequences to our nation?
I think our media is more like the media in the Third French Republic. Intellectuals like Zola were firmly on one side of the argument between the Republicans and the conservative in society. Hence, they simply screened out evidence that favored the other side. Obama thinks more like a Jacobin than a persons in the Anglo-American poltical tradition. So do many in the academic community. Journalists are half-educated lackeys who come from this same environment. We were better off then reporters were from working class families, like the characters in “Front Page,”