The mainstream media has gotten way off track from its original
mission of "informing" the public with facts leaving "opinion formation"
to the consumer. Quote: "For most of American history, it has been the
role of the news media to report on the five classic questions – who,
what, when, where and how. Opinion – and they all have them – was left
to the editorial department and named columnists … period. And even
among editorial writers and columnists, it was expected that various
opinions would be represented. In terms of political reporting, the news
services were generally limited to informing the public what was said
by a candidate or officeholder. It was up to the opposition candidate
or party to offer the rebuttal or refutation – the spin as it became
known – and it was up to each of us individually to decided who we
believed, who we trusted. The news media was simply to serve as the
medium for the exchange. In pre-1960s journalism schools, students were
taught the ethical limitations of a truly free press – the sort of news
media envisioned by our Founders when they drafted the First Amendment
to protect the institution from becoming captured by partisan interests
or a vehicle of the state." And, "Arguably, the corruption of today’s
news media began – or at least became evident – in the 1960s when
liberal journalism professors advocated what was then called “advocacy
journalism” in which the opinions and judgments of the reporter, editor
or management would be reflected in the headline stories. The epicenter
of news journalism began to shift to editorialization – which is akin
to propagandization. Under the new paradigm, the reporter, news editor
or producer – whether at that anchor desk, on the beat or in the back
room – began to INTERPRET the facts. There was a consolidation of
thinking, with staffs of predominantly one partisan or philosophic
viewpoint amassing in individual news departments. This tendency of
collectivization expanded into cabals of media enterprises with narrow
viewpoints and political agendas". And, "There can be no denying that
the left-wing media cabal has only one mission – and it is not to inform
the public or tell the truth. It is obsessed with promulgating public
ill-will toward Trump – and also against Republicans and conservative
principles. They have surrendered to the radical progressive movement –
serving as their propaganda vehicles. And that’s the truth."
http://punchingbagpost.com/2019/01/14/horist-the-weaponizing-of-fact-checking/?
One
has to wonder about how stupid the left wing mainstream media thinks
average Americans are. Their history of lying about anything they
report about Trump, Republicans, conservatives or Christians is easily
fact checked at non-fact checking sites. The so called fact checking
sites such as Snopes are a joke. They are part of the fake news left
wing lying cabal. This piece deals with the fraudulent fake news fact
checking industry and asks a great question. Who checks the Fact
Checkers? Quote: "It's
as though all the major media organizations read from the same
playbook. Perhaps they do. A few years ago, "[a]n off-the-record
online meeting space called JournoList" was revealed. The
same sort of thing likely still does exist in some other name or form,
allowing such immediate coordinated attacks by news organization that
are ostensibly in competition with each other. Yet their reporting and
headlines are so coordinated as to suggest a form of collusion or
conspiracy. Maybe Robert Mueller can investigate this. Some
degree of fact-checking is reasonable, if it's applied equally to
leaders of both political parties, but not when it becomes the entire
story. Before President Trump even uttered a word, the fact-checkers
were lined up, ready to provide real-time rebuttals to every word Trump
uttered. But
who fact-checks the fact-checkers? Why are we supposed to believe CNN
or MSNBC and their supposed fact-checkers? These are the same media
organizations that ignored the blatant lies about the Benghazi video or
"hands up, don't shoot." They refused to fact-check "if you like your
insurance and doctor, you can keep them." They doctored George
Zimmerman's 911 call to make him sound like a racist." And "Why
is President Trump the only person worthy of big media
fact-checking? What about the numerous members of Congress or other
Deep State operatives who spout off about Trump being a Nazi or a
traitor? Where are the media fact-checkers to point out the absurdity
of such statements? And
who fact-checks the media? Their ombudsmen are supposed to do that,
but how often does that happen? Why is fact-checking even
necessary? Shouldn't the news be reported, letting viewers do their own
fact-checking? The internet makes it easy to look up virtually
anything, including previously contradictory statements from politicians
who were for the border wall before they were against it. When
the media fact-check only one person, and can't even do it accurately,
their diminishing credibility and relevance take yet another hit. The obsessive hatred of President Trump confirms the "fake news" moniker that he has conferred upon them." https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/01/who_factchecks_the_fact_checkers.html
Anyone
who trusts anything that the far left wing mainstream media "so called"
reports is predictably fake news. This item illustrates the point.
Quote: "“Gave an OFF THE RECORD luncheon, somewhat of a White House
tradition or custom, to network anchors yesterday – and they quickly
leaked the contents of the meeting,” President Trump tweeted. “Who would
believe how bad it has gotten with the mainstream media, which has gone
totally bonkers!” But the president wasn’t done… “The Mainstream Media
has NEVER been more dishonest than it is now,” he continued. “NBC and
MSNBC are going Crazy. They report stories, purposely, the exact
opposite of the facts. They are truly the Opposition Party working with
the Dems. May even be worse than Fake News CNN, if that is possible!”
And, "“In his Oval Office address… Trump is painting undocumented
immigrants as criminals. This has not changed since he launched his run
for the White House,” Acosta [of CNN] said.Numerous people jumped all
over Acosta’s comment by stating the obvious, that anyone who enters the
U.S. illegally is automatically a criminal, because they are breaking
the law when they come into the country illegally. Falsely and
deceptively distributing the news, not keeping promises, and getting the
facts all wrong are types of practices that should be considered
completely unacceptable in the media. Yet all of those happened just
this week. No wonder Trump continues to call today’s media “Fake News.”
They have certainly earned, and continue to earn, that
title." https://www.conservativezone.com/articles/trump-the-media-has-never-been-more-dishonest/
I sometime wonder if Jim Acosta is truly mentally unstable.
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