Posted on 09/23/2007 8:05:31 AM PDT by shove_it
Interesting read.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
MSM doesn’t seem to grasp the notion of “asymmetric conflict” either. MSM has far more to lose.
I think the MSM is still the Alpha Dog. I can find no other explanation for the candidacies of McCain and Tooty Fruity Rudy. The MSM is the reason why we have the governator rather than Tom McClintock, and the reason why Fred is polling 23% while Hunter polls 1%.
We still have a lot of hills to take.
1. the MSM is a coastal-elite, hyper-urban groupthink paradigm. the MSM ignores the opinions of the Heartland except when that opinion is identical to elite Coastal thinking.
2. the MSM sees their purpose as being to advance global socialism, not to merely report news. Come up with something that convinces Americans to transfer free wealth to Africa and the MSM will publish it. Come up with something that attacks the U.S. resistance to international collectivism and the MSM will publish it.
3. ...but the above can’t win by telling the truth and holding open debates. Knowing that it must win through deceit limits the power of the MSM to those instances where it can completely control information.
That power/control has been reduced over the past 60 years by private magazines/newsletters, pirate/ham radio, BBS’s, talk radio, the Internet, Fox News, independent films/documentaries, etc.
Once an unquestioned ethical powerhouse, CBS’ 60 Minutes is now a laughingstock...all because of the lack of the MSM’s ability to fully control all information and public debate.
4. Thus, we are seeing the MSM post-epoch...they are past their peak (of power) and they can’t get it back so long as their prime goal is to advocate global socialism through deceit.
Now if say a POTUS refused to deal with the MSM and say go directly to the people via the internet, take questions from citizens instead of reporters, the White House press corps would be irrelevant.
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What is this obsession, bordering on religion, on insisting that news organizations be “objective”? In the early years of our nation every newspaper was an advocate of one political position or another. The founding fathers expected it to be so, and expressly codified their right to be partisan.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1223397/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1222920/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1221395/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1221216/posts
I’ll try to get some credit for inter-net forums (especially FR) with this author and editor.
Thanks
They are "face men and women" only. And their writing is so bad that any chance they have at being accepted is totally discounted. They are ignorant and vapid.
I know guys who use their iPhones for that.
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