Mike McCarville
It is of some consequence that the lamestream media has increased its selective reporting as Election Day nears.
The media’s infatuation with Barack Obama is a matter of fact, undeniable though denied by some. The media’s perpetual protection of Obama is obvious, more so today as Obama’s claim to a second term grows more tenuous.
Latest demonstration of the protective shield the lamestreamers have erected around Obama centers on the attack on our embassy in Libya and the murder of our ambassador. The media has, for the most part, been slow to report what the New Media is focused on: Requests for help were repeatedly denied, and it was known within hours that the attack came from terrorists and had nothing to do with that wacky video Obama was quick to blame.
Fast and Furious is another example; with the exception of a courageous female CBS reporter, the media has essentially taken what the Obama Administration has said, failing to vet that information, failing to investigate, failing to ask the tough questions that appear obvious to most.
Rare is the story from The Associated Press that isn’t slanted to the left, dismissive of the conservative point of view; rarer still is the truly objective report from correspondents for ABC, CBS, NBC. It is common today for the media to repeat discredited claims (90 percent of the firearms used in Mexican crimes came from the U. S., for example) that they believe furthers their agenda. The media routinely ignores stories of law-abiding citizens defending themselves with firearms from criminals. The list is endless because such stories don’t fit their gun control agenda.
Time was, yours truly and others similarly situated wouldn’t think of missing an evening television newscast. Now, it is the rare day when we’re even moved to take a quick look.
The lamestream media is helping write its own obituary; liberal newspapers are in trouble (as are some conservative ones), the Big 3 networks continue to lose viewers and the liberal magazines struggle with diminished income and rising costs.
Change is coming to the news media and, given what it has become, that’s a good thing. The rise of the New Media, using the Internet as the delivery system, is redefining what is news. Meanwhile, we’ll continue to endure the infuriating insolence of most major news outlets.
The greatest misfortune is that too many lack the practice of critical thinking and accept the easiest verbage. These also vote according to the “propaganda” they have been fed.