American Lie (The Day Big Media Died)

Townhall.com ^ | February 16, 2015 | Arthur Schaper

[Kaslin]

From the implosion of MSNBC and CNN to the recent suspension of NBC's Brian Williams, the Mainstream Media is getting marginalized every day.

The New Media, democratized by conservative bloggers and alternative-made-dominant counter-media like Truth Revolt and Breitbart are not only knocking the hell out of the lie, but telling more of the story, holding the Establishment of both parties accountable, and freeing the average reader from the hostage propaganda of left-wing editorializing and willful neglect.

For the past week, in the wake of Brian Williams' recent admission that he lied about encountering enemy fire during the War and Iraq, I kept reading the headline "The Day Big Media Died."

The phrase reminded me of the refrain "The Day the Music Died" from the Don McLeans' hit song "American Pie". I have a deeper connection with this song, since it I played it in my marching Band at Torrance High School (the same alma mater of too-soon departed athlete, war hero, and Christian inspiration Lou Zamperini).

Replaying the lyrics, I can't help but replace "the music" with "Big Media", and you get "American Lie".

Please sing with me:

A long, long time ago I can still remember how Big Media used to make me smile

And because they owned the air waves

They reported whatever made the raves

And mostly we were angry for a while.

But Barry Obama made me shiver

As all the papers gushed and quivered,

Bad news on the door step,

Never made the front page instep,

I can't remember if I cried

When I read about Brian Williams' slide

I felt warm and happy deep inside,

The day Big Media died.

So. . .

(Chorus)

Bye, bye Big American Lie

Drove your ratings down the tubes, because you left us all out to dry

The Old Boys' clubs were drinkin' Kool-Aid 'n' rye

Singin' "How can we keep on peddling this lie?

How much longer can we keep up the Big Media lie?

They claimed that Obama was all love

So why have faith in God above?

Because Barry had told us all it was so.

No one believed in rocking the boat

Because Big Media digged the moat

So very few were really in the Know

We all knew the networks were in love with him

Cuz they were prancing all over a whim.

They all kicked us in the teeth

Telling us to embrace the economic blues and grief.

Now all those Millenials are out of luck

With pinks slips and living in their pick-up trucks

But they were tired of embracing the suck,

The day Big Media died.

I started singin'...

(Chorus)

Now for six years America's made a collective moan

And spending gets old with roving drones

Is this the way it will always be?

When Jon Stewart sang for Barry and his queen

With cant and colic he borrowed from Queen

And with money he stole from you and me.

Oh but while Obama was looking down,

Breitbart stole his thorny crown

The Court of public opinion finally learned;

And a verdict of guilty was duly earned!

The better anchors knew Barry worshipped Marx,

Though the Democrats bayed and barked

Singing dirges for progressives left in the dark

The day Big Media died.

We were singin'. . .

(Chorus)

Maher, Olbermann, Maddow felt the swelter

The reporters fled for a fallout shelter,

Looking for a boost yet fallin' fast.

They landed foul on their ass.

Those haters tried for a last-ditch pass

But the viewers no longer watch the newscast.

Now election 2014 was sweet perfume

Since the American People starting marching to their own tune.

We all got up to dance

Now Barry has lost his chance.

The media hatemongers tried to retake the field

The New Media refused to yield.

We all recall what was revealed,

the day Big Media died!

We started singin'

(Chorus)

Oh now we are all finding our place,

A generation taking back the space

And with plenty of time to start again.

So come on, conservatives, stand and shout

Williams is gone, and Jon Stewart out.

Getting fired is now their only end.

Oh, when I had to watch Barry on stage,

My hands were clinched in fists of rage,

No angel born was he

But the Devil's spawn he turned out to be.

Today, Barry's crimes climb high into the night

And delight our libertarian spite

I have seen Americans laughing with delight,

The day Big Media died.

Now we're singin'. . .

(Chorus)

I meet lots of people who are no longer blue

We find and read more happy news

As Democrats lose, and liberals run away.

We see the Constitution as our sacred core

And hear the truth as in years before

And no one can tell us that we can't pray.

And in the streets the Middle Class gleams,

The leftists cry, and the bloggers dream.

For the Left not a word is spoken,

Their standards all are broken.

And the networks despised from coast to coast,

NBC, CBS, but MSNBC the most,

They all ended up burnt to toast,

The day Big Media, died.

And we are singin'

Bye, bye Big American Lie

Drove your ratings down the tubes, and left us all out to dry

The American people won't drink the Kool-Aid . And why?

We shouted: Please stop repeating the lies!

We're so glad to see Big Media die!

[Lurkinanloomin]

The Ministry of Propaganda isn’t dead until they are off the air.

They are still remarkably effective at shaping the news.

[Vigilanteman]

They still hold sway over half of the electorate and can get them to do whatever they want. I'm afraid that it won't be over until we have Nuremberg type trials, Julius Streicher therapy for at least some of their key figures and the remainder either find another profession or start practicing actual journalism again.

[Auntie Dem]

Journalism isn’t known as the Oldest Profession for nothing. They’ve earned it.

[originalbuckeye]

Sadly, the ‘New Media’ where Conservatives have a voice, will soon be regulated by the Bamster’s minions. Then the Conservative voice will again be silenced, just like Big Media has done for decades.

[Spok]

“The New Media, democratized by conservative bloggers and alternative-made-dominant counter-media like Truth Revolt and Breitbart”

Suppressing such news sources is near the top of Dear Leader’s ‘to do’ list before he leaves office. With the strangle hold he wants to put on the internet, he may well succeed.

[SaraJohnson]

They woke conservatives up with their unprofessionalism and attacks. Most of the country, deep down, are not liberals; especially not socially.

[Kaslin]

Journalism the oldest profession? Isn’t Prostitution the oldest profession?

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[Vigilanteman]

Hard to tell as they are so closely related.

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[USS Alaska]

nbc nightly news went from 9.8 to 8.6 M viewers in three days Monday thru Thursday this past week. That is 12% decline.

I don't know if he other nightly news picked them up or what happened to them, maybe like so many workers, the dropped out of the watching force.

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[wayoverontheright]

Liberalism has always been underpinned by lies, and the liberal media serve the purpose of propping up those lies for its consumers. Liberals crave what the liberal media offer up, it’s a matter of maintaining sanity, so don’t look for liberal media to “die”.

Perhaps the media have gone from a mass market to a niche, but niche marketing is a successful business strategy.

Credibility doesn’t enter into the equation. Relevance is what is important to the media, and they will have that as long as events which refute the viability of liberalism need to be explained away.

[Auntie Dem]

In this case what’s the difference? Many, at least here on FR, call the media Presstitutes.

[coydog]

Only if you let them. It’s up to you all to stand your ground and scream louder, double down and make it absolutely clear that the MSM monopoly horse is never coming back to the barn, FCC or no. The Internet is still a HUGE place, good luck silencing every word.