Posted on 02/16/2015 7:50:34 AM PST by 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!
The Ministry of Propaganda isn’t dead until they are off the air.
They are still remarkably effective at shaping the news.
Journalism isn’t known as the Oldest Profession for nothing. They’ve earned it.
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.
“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.
They woke conservatives up with their unprofessionalism and attacks. Most of the country, deep down, are not liberals; especially not socially.
Journalism the oldest profession? Isn’t Prostitution the oldest profession?
Hard to tell as they are so closely related.
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.
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.
In this case what’s the difference? Many, at least here on FR, call the media Presstitutes.
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.
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