Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Media Matters 1

This is the true state of our current version of the left wing mainstream media. Quote: "There has been much wailing and rending of garments over the weekend about the layoffs of some writers, editors, and other staff at BuzzFeed, HuffPost, Yahoo, AOL, and Gannett. Naturally, the affected employees are upset and inclined to blame malign forces beyond their control. Predictably, the primary villain to emerge is President Trump, who had the temerity to tweet that the real problem is the market: “Fake News and bad journalism have caused a big downturn. Sadly, many others will follow. The people want the Truth!” This is not what these unhappy folks want to hear, but Trump is right. Trump understands what many journalists refuse to acknowledge — the news business is a business — and the customers are dissatisfied. According to Gallup, the public now has less confidence in the news media than in banks, big business, organized religion, the medical system, the military, public schools, the presidency, the police, etc. This is true for all news sources, including television, newspapers, and the internet. Moreover, because the erosion of public confidence in the media has been a consistent, decades-long process, it cannot credibly be blamed on “attacks” by President Trump."  And, "But their tribal gods, Alinsky and Marx, are powerful. Their high priests, Bezos, Sulzberger, and Soon-Shiong, sacrifice the truth every day at the altars of the Washington Post, New York Times, and L.A. Times to evoke the chimeras you see on the “news.” And their acolytes, Zuckerberg, Page, and Brin control much of what you see on the internet, whether it purports to be news or entertainment. None of these people are impervious to market forces, but this is a very large market. The cure is to cut them off — all of them. But we would have to deny ourselves as well. Are we capable of doing that? Hmm…"    https://spectator.org/the-only-cure-for-media-malpractice/?

A real journalist, CBS News' Lara Logan, tells America the truth about the dishonesty and misinformation campaign driven by a corrupted left wing mainstream media. It is a 7:40 minute video.  Quote: "This video is nothing short of enlightenment. Sure, you already understand the concept, but hearing it from the source itself changes everything. It will give you hope. It will validate what you know and believe. It just might give you the means to better fight this uphill battle against bias and misinformation. And, if you aren’t left in awe of her story and credentials, there’s no helping you."    https://patrioticviralnews.com/articles/mainstream-media-reporter-blasts-liberal-media-over-bias/ 

More. Quote: "On Monday, former chief foreign affairs correspondent for CBS News Lara Logan dropped a bombshell on the media: she told retired Navy SEAL Mike Ritland that the media are wildly biased to the political Left. “This interview is professional suicide for me,” she stated, after agreeing with Ritland that most major media are “absurdly left-leaning.” She stated: The media everywhere is mostly liberal, not just in the U.S. But in this country, 85% of journalists are registered Democrats – that’s just a fact. No one is registering Democrat when they’re really a Republican. So, the facts are on the side that you just stated: most journalists are Left, or liberal, or Democrat, or whatever word you wanna give it. How do you know you’re being lied to? How do you know you’re being manipulated? How do you know there’s something not right with the coverage? When they simplify it all and there’s no gray. There’s no gray. It’s all one way. Well, life isn’t like that. If it doesn’t match real life, it’s probably not — there’s something wrong." https://www.dailywire.com/news/43679/cbs-lara-logan-just-exposed-leftist-media-bias-ben-shapiro?
The Fake News media and all left wing hate monger will also hate what this Supreme Court Justice has to say about the hate filled libel filled garbage spouted 24/7. Quote: "The left-leaning media may be purposely avoiding coverage of two recent developments creating a perfect storm that could end fake news once and for all. In an opinion that blindsided the fake news industry, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has gone on the record saying that the time has come to open up the libel laws that have insulated the media. While liberal mainstream outlets have shown noticeable bias against Republicans politicians and conservatives for decades, the escalation since President Donald Trump ascended to the White House has demonstrated a recklessness for the truth and willingness to wrongly smear supporters. The mainstream media has been hiding behind a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that prevents public figures from recovering damages unless “actual malice” has been proven. Today, they hide behind “anonymous” sources that, when pursued, are routinely proven not credible. In New York Times v. Sullivan, the high court provided the news media with a shield that allowed them to aggressively investigate government officials and prominent movers and shakers under the First and Fourteenth Amendments. That was in 1964, and times have certainly changed. Journalistic standards are now non-existent, and outlets widely considered “fake news” such as CNN have proudly declared their liberal partisanship. Impartial reporting is dead, and Justice Thomas appears ready to bring the fake news industry to heel."     https://www.conservativezone.com/articles/the-supreme-court-could-end-fake-news-reporting/  
The mainstream media is committing suicide. Quote: "When reporting accuracy is less of a priority than appealing to the extreme left or right ideologies of a new media’s most vocal subscribers, the natural course is that those in the majority in the middle will become untrusting and read the commentary packaged as “news” and label it as fake. In the Aesop fable, “The Eagle and the Arrow,” an eagle is soaring through the air when it hears the whizz of an arrow.  Feeling a fatal wound, the eagle begins its descent towards the ground and death.  Looking down at the arrow that pierced it, the eagle notices that the shaft of the arrow is adorned with its own feathers.  “Alas!” it cries as it dies. These media conglomerates are bringing about their own demise.  Each embellished news story that is put out and then needs to be retracted or corrected after the public responds to the poor reporting, becomes the fletching on the end of the arrow shaft shot by a growing internet influencer from way below them."     https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/02/the_death_throes_of_fake_news.html  

By now everyone knows about the hoax actor Jussie Smollett committed which resulted in his arrest.  The left wing mainstream media did not even take the time to find out the facts because it fit nicely into their left wing belief system that all white Amercans are racists. The last time I checked most of them are white. Nevertheless, they did the same thing to the Charlestown school kids by charging them with unthinkable Trump generated racists when in fact it was they who were being harassed by a radical leftist black hate group.  A quick check of available video would have been enough to cause them to be pause before reporting the facts. No can do.  It was the kind of story that fits their demented narratives. It was way too juicy to be wrong.  They ignore real hate crimes committed against Jews who they don't like.  This piece picks up that point.  https://jewishjournal.com/columnist/294171/why-downplay-hate-crimes-against-jews/    Most mainstream media types are disreputable people who hate anything that does not fit their left wing socialist world view. That skews anything they report.  Any more I do not believe a word they say or write until I can determine if they are even partially or totally right, which is a very rare occurrence.

This item is for those who do not think Facebook and Instagram are enemies of the truth.  They are far left wing censoring organizations - only change their tune when caught ignoring facts they can no longer refute. Quote: "The author of The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation, Rod Dreher, claimed Facebook blocked his piece for The American Conservative. Jen Kerns, a reporter for the Daily Caller, revealed Facebook made the same decision regarding her story about Smollett. PJ Media reported Instagram also froze Kerns’ account when she dared to put a link to her story in her Instagram bio. On February 17, Dreher tweeted the message he received from Facebook. The communication read, “You are not allowed to say on Facebook that Jussie Smollett carried out a hate hoax.” According to TheBlaze, the social media juggernaut banned Dreher’s piece because it went against Facebook’s “Community Standards.” Later that day, Facebook lifted the ban."  They got caught by the facts. But they continue the practice anyway.  They are propaganda agencies and intend to continue to practice their evil craft. https://freedomnewsreport.com/2019/02/21/facebook-and-instagram-blocked-conservative-news-reports-doubting-jussie-smolletts-account/    It is quite okay for political leftists to tell blatant lies, mislead, impugn and slander anyone on the right but Facebook and others like them demand nothing negative is allowed to tarnish anyone or anything supporting the people and positions of the political left, no matter the facts.

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