It's one thing to observe a bias and accuse the media of being lapdogs to the Administration, but if it's more serious than that, spell out exactly what you're getting at for us, please, Cal.
I think I did.
It's one thing to recognize a media bias. Bias can be unintentional and it can be honest. I'm sure that my "reporting" would have a different tone than something foxpaws wrote, regardless how hard we both tried to be objective and fair. Of course, mine would be more objective and fair....but I digress.
This is more than that. Some of these networks and papers are actually advocates, they are doing the work for the administration. This goes being just "seeing things a little differently."
Even if you want to pretend that organizations that are supposed to have their finger on the pulse of the country completely misjudged the significance of the event last Saturday (which isn't true, all indications show that they anticipated a high turnout and deliberately chose not to cover it), this past
week has been incredible.
The New York Times HAD a reporter on the "Tea Party Express" bus all week, yet they didn't run ANY of his stories!
Whether it's failing to report on Van Jones until AFTER he resigns, and even then to give an incomplete reporting of the events, to the growing ACORN scandal, to the Cass Sunstein confirmation, the media has been silent. And that's not just bias, the organizations are making editorial decisions based on politics.
And that should worry everyone.
However, the success of the event shows that most people have little faith in the legacy media (a better term than mainstream media), and are going to alternative sources. The information monopoly that the New York Times and the evening news once held is being busted. And every week, their credibility gets worse.
Bryan, is there anything so wrong with sitting on the fence?
I'll answer.
Yes, when it prevents you from expressing and defending clear principles. And there comes a time you just can't sit on the fence anymore.
One side of the fence is liberty and the other is tyranny.... it's not necessarily Republican or Democrat on either side.
The Republicans will get my opinion, my respect, and my vote back when they can present the American people with a real plan for the future instead of just taking every chance They get to smear the current administration with a bunch of crackpot conspiracy theories.
That's fine.
But that doesn't mean you just give the people in power unchecked power to manipulate you and radically change the country in the cover of darkness, or through things hidden in unread thousand page bills written by radical political groups like the Apollo Alliance.
The Republicans do need to EARN our respect back.
So let's just agree to halt everything coming out of DC until BOTH of these parties get their acts together, rather than making rushed decisions that will bankrupt and curse future generations.
and please give us a candidate whose view on foreign policy is more comprehensive than "I can see Russia from my house."
And please be a voter with enough common sense to not believe that kind of crap. Palin shouldn't be crowned King, but give her a fair reception if she decides to be a national candidate.
You recognize that, if nothing else, the media is biased, yet you are allowing THEM to define her for you.
