Protesting the media culture of corruption
El Marco reports on nationwide protests in 100 cities this weekend against the liberal media’s culture of information corruption. Not surprisingly, few media outlets covered the events (only ACORN rabble-rousers showing up at businessmen’s houses get the full paparazzi treatment).
And those that did cover the media bias protests, as El Marco noted, engaged in the usual narrative-distorting tactics. Click through for rally photos. My favorite sign of the times:
More: Operation Can You Hear Us Now.
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From commenter Drained Brain: “How about just plain sloppiness by the ‘real’ news organizations in reporting fake news releases? Rush just mentioned this as well.”
Jaws dropped around Washington today as Reuters reported on a press release from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce announcing that high-profile defections had led to a reversal of their stance against the job-destroying global-warming bill.
Far more jaws dropped, however, in disbelief that Reuters could have fallen for such an obvious hoax. The press release is not on the Chamber’s website, but on a fake one. And who owns it? That happy band of anti-capitalist culture jammers, The Yes Men.
What amazes me is that this sort of fact-checking takes just a couple of mouse clicks.
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Oy vey. Place your bets: Which media outlet(s) was/were in on the balloon boy hoax?
Investigators are examining the possibility of other conspirators, “including the possibility that even some of the media outlets may have had some knowledge about this,” Alderden said.
Documents show that a media outlet has agreed to pay money to the Heenes with regard to the balloon incident, Alderden said. He didn’t name the media outlet, but said it was a show that blurs “the line between entertainment and news.” It wasn’t clear whether the deal was signed before or after the alleged hoax, or whether that media outlet was a possible conspirator.
Alderden did not name an outlet or provide any details.
“Let’s call it (my statement) short of speculation that a media outlet was in on the hoax, but let’s not discount the possibility,” he said.
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How about just plain sloppiness by the “real” news organizations in reporting fake news releases? Rush just mentioned this as well.
The Press are a mockery to the memory of real journalists of the past. The truth is not in them. Marxist apparachiks all. Treasonous and very dangerous.
Same with Bushes National Guard Service but when it comes to Pres Empty Suit – cricket chirps.
It doesn’t matter if it’s fake! It’s the seriousness of the subject that’s important! Why does this keep being an issue with you people? (no racism intended)
Reporting on the current situation in Afganistan, it has been noted that Combat Troops are being targeted increasingly by IED’s manufactured in Iran which is really a code phrase for Racist, Christian, Bible toting, Gun owning, law abiding citizens against the current President and his policies.
Which is racist.
Welcome to the New Yellow Press. In the days of old, Hearst (and others) used the yellow press techniques to draw us into battle with Spain in 1898. It was lying, manipulating and sensationalizing.
Today, they just ignore facts and refuse to ask the questions that almost everyone else wants to be asked. You can tell the new practioners of the yellow press by the yellow streak down their spines or by the yellow stain in front of their slacks. Most probably have a picture of Obama on the ceiling above their beds.
When the media reports that the sign that reads, “What happened to the rest of the story??,” is racists, I will believe the hype. Otherwise, another straw man argument soliciting emotion over substance.
Yep, there have been signs that have been characterized as racist, and there have been other signs, that were not.
And yes, there is a level of tongue in cheek and sarcasm, but it is unhelpful and diminishes a serious point of veiw when arguments are won on the facts, and not on exaggerations for effect.
On October 19th, 2009 at 1:45 pm, zyzzyg said:
This is what the left always claims when we borrow from their playbook.
I took a journalism class in 1984 as it was required for the broadcast communications degree I was pursuing at the time. That class taught the principles of:
-Getting who, what, where, why, & when.
-There was to be no interjection of opinion.
-You could report a rumor, but it had to be identified as such.
-If there were two sides to a story, you were to get both sides.
-It was forbidden to take quotes out of context.
At that time there was only newspapers and broadcast news. I always presumed that they were using the above principles.
I’m currently reading the Reagan Diaries and can look back from his perspective and see they slanted the news back then as they are doing these days, but that it does seem much worse today.
The credibility of the All Barack Channel, the Nothing (But) Barack Channel, and the Completely Barack Stations are definitely in question.
which point would this be? The misspelled one?
The Main Street Media is a travesty. It’s a travesty of a mockery of a sham of a mockery of a travesty of two mockeries of a sham.
zyzzyg said:
That is a racist statement in itself. By denying there is a subliminal message of racism in all forms of protest against this Omabatron Administration that, in itself, is a tacit agreement with the racist racists.
The media has been lashing out lately because they are scared. They are scared because about half of the USA no longer listens to them like simpering dogs. They aren’t considered “heroes”. No one cares about them like they used to. Some people, gasp, even decry them publicly and point out their lies. How dare they!!
Zyzzyg,
Lies are lies. At the end of the day, the MSM has been caught red handed lying in order to protect the chosen one and his minions (I don’t think “minion” is racist – but I’m sure someone will be offended by it). they picked their horse and it isn’t even showing. A dope test and they may be discovered in padding the bets!
Make any excuse you want. Journalists aren’t journalists when they lie. They are liars. Just because you agree with their politics doesn’t make them honest.
The state controlled media doesn’t want to cover the Tea Party movement because is doesn’t fit the “stupid public needing the nanny state” that they wish to promote. The fact that there are self-sufficient people collecting in droves to protest the out of control gov doesn’t fit their model of reality. We’re supposed to buy into the media spin – hook, line and sinker.
With what is coming out of schools, these days, waving diplomas and degrees, it’s no wonder we have “sloppiness” in the MSM. I have even adjusted to seeing spelling errors and bad grammar in stories. It’s normal now to expect it. Sensationism has always attracted the public, and the “rush” to be the first to report it, is always priority; hence, no checking of reliability. But, bias in news is nothing new. Ever since the 2nd newspaper came out to compete with the 1st newspaper, there has been political bias.
The Tea Party movement is confronting government arrogance and excess, and must do the same with the media. The first amendment to the Constitution links the freedoms of speech, religion, assembly and press because all of these are dependent on each other. The press has forgotten this relationship and they need to be reminded that their freedom is a freedom to tell the truth not to cave in to the propaganda.
The Tea Party movement will have to continuously confront the press whenever needed to keep them on the path to truth.
NBC was so sure Chevy trucks were dangerous they rigged them to explode on cue to prove it.
CBS (See B.S.) was so sure President Bush failed to fulfill his National Guard duty they aired fake documents proving it
If the lame steam media said the sky is blue and the grass is green I’d check it out myself.
They are at the point that they may base a story off a actual news event, say the child in the balloon and the dad’s 911 call, but then only report on the make up and or real facts to fit their narrative, ignoring the rest.
Does it make it the correct thing to do? By the right, left, or center?
Sorry, a couple of issues here:
A. It isn’t the right thing to do. However, I never see Lefty types making the same point towards MSM types who utilize this type of crap all the time. Therefore, the statement is valid.
B. There is no center, merely indecisive people.
On October 19th, 2009 at 2:12 pm, stillontheroad said: #826585
That is a racist statement in itself. By denying there is a subliminal message of racism in all forms of protest against this Omabatron Administration that, in itself, is a tacit agreement with the racist racists.
No Zyzzyg,
He isn’t “suggesting” anything. He is making the point that no matter what anyone who opposes Obama says, they are branded as a “racist”. The Media has cheapened the term so much by over use, that it no longer has true meaning. Much like the term “Nazi”. Very few understand what a “Nazi” is or was, but everyone knows it has a negative connotation. (The Seinfeld “Soup Nazi” was a great example). Everybody knows being a “racist” is bad. But, since the Press, former crappy Presidents and the One himself tossing the term around as though it were a shield against the truth, it now means nothing.
Someone tell me, was that comment racist?
Oh, I forgot – Don’t care.
Woops, that’s racist too..
Yep, lies are a bad thing. When a journalist does it, when a politician does it, or when a blogger does it. Lies are bad whether they are done by the left, right or center.
Mischaracterizations are also less than helpful.
Agreed, ‘Minions’ is not racist. Can a person be offended for reasons other than racism?
Perhaps there’s a new Sunday morning show in the works called, “Fool The Press?”
I would prefer the person who I asked the question answer it. Unless of course you are a mind reader. Are you a mind reader?
And, I disagree. I said so in my first post addressing this subject. Not every sign is racist. And, not every person who disagrees with Pres Obama is racist. I disagree with Pres Obama, and I am not a racist.
If over use the word is the issue, then you should take the woman in the picture to task. Saying her sign would be called racist is a mischaracterization. Do you think her sign is racist? If so, why?
Nope. It wasn’t racist.
Please tell me, what is “unhelpful” about winning an argument on the facts, and not “exaggerations for effect?”
Or was that tongue-in-cheak and sarcasm?
Unless example signs which haven’t been characterized as racist are provided, then this statement should not be believed.
I’ve heard the media broadly characterize these entire protests as racist without even mentioning any signs.
watch Glenn Beck this week he is covering how the media is being controlled…should be interesting..I still like the one to put the “Constitution on the teleprompter”…of course it’s fundamentally flawed so we know he won’t….
zyzzyg, I haven’t seen anything to suggest the two signs are related- except in your comment. So what is your point exactly? You are building a strawman argument by implying someone else is building a strawman argument?
?????
Try re-reading what I wrote. Read it slowly and out loud.
It is called reading comprehension.
Nope. What he’s saying is that the MSM reports or comments about tea party signs in such a way that most everyone reading or listening to the MSM is encouraged to believe that the tea party protesters are all racists. You may disagree, but, if you read the drivel that passes for comments on HuffPo and DailyKos, you’ll see most of the posters accusing tea party protesters of being racists.
ECS
Can a president be criticized for reasons other than racism?
That is the real question, and the point of this thread.
I’ll break it down for you, zero.
What you wrote was unclear, and can in fact be taken either way. (In simpler terms: it could be taken the way you say you meant it, or the way I parsed it.) I chose to parse it to make fun of you, being the master of the obvious that you are.
Read the above paragraph SLOWLY. Re-read it outloud. Then take a long hard look at all of your posts, and you will find that about all you do is word polution (poluting blogs with meaningless streams of words).
The corruption of the American media is the single biggest existential threat to our Democracy
When have you ever heard the US government boasting they are in control of the media? If they are accusing Fox news of being a non news channel with opposing views then what do you call the main stream media, commie stooges? They are the epitome of marxism when they suck up to a marxist leader. The MSM will get theirs in the end and I hope they all fold when its all ovr. As for Obam there is a rail with a tub of tar and a sack of feathers waiting on him and his cronies. I think it coming to a head; the American people against Obama and his socilists. Taking over a countries media is the first chapter of the communist maifesto ! We have seen it all before and its nothing new. We can predict his ever move. I suppose they will get rough with FOX.
Lefties always cry, well you do it to. No, we call out our corruption. And didn’t your mommy ever ask you, if everyone was jumping off of a bridge, would you do it too? Sheesh, liberals are pieces of work. At least I get a laugh, it reminds me of playground arguments in the 6th grade.
BINGO!!! Liberals, that is the true crux of the convo there. Focus on that for a while rather than the duck and cover. Also, hasn’t liberals coming in here accusing “strawman” arguments been used to death yet? Can’t you find something else? There are too many dead horses around here.
We need a bill that will outlaw any socialist, marxist or communist to ever be the POTUS ever. Obama should be held as a traitor to this country. IMPEACH OBAMA NOW!
The Obama admistration is trying to relable FOX News as a non news entity so the IRS can go after them and shut them down. THe want to take the “Press” ign away from FOX. YOU know they are trying to crqack the nut anyway they can.
Obama and the Obamaroids are apparently incapable of recognizing the obvious: trying to crush Fox validates its existence. Trying to crush Rush or Beck or Hannity et al., only validates the need for their commentary and, eventually, their accuracy. People listen in to see if they are really as described (or defamed) by the Obamaroids. The more the criticism, the more they listen.
And the more they learn…
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Hardly, you were the only one who had difficulty understanding it, evidenced by the lack of additional comments on that specific line from my post.
I never said what I meant by the statement. The statement speaks for itself. I said you should re-read it. And, obviously you did, and now understand it.
I have no problem being made fun of or being corrected. I do have a problem with insults and perjoratives. Nothing obvious in your comment suggested it was funny. I, also, kind of have a problem with those who do not respond to direct questions with direct answers.
WOW! Have I gotten that much under your skin that you have to reference my other posts? You know them, don’t you. And, yet you respond to my ‘pollution.’ You must really like me and my pollution. LOL.
That is the real question, and the point of this thread.