I'm going to use a crude analogy to describe today's mainstream media (led by the New York Times, Washington Post and CNN/MSNBC): Full-frontal nudity. As in, we've gone WAY beyond the 1950s when bikinis were considered risqué, and the 1960s and 1970s when simply topless models or actresses were cutting edge. Nope, we long ago launched into "lettin' it all hang out" mode. Take it all off; showcase the goods. Frequently, close up, and from every possible angle.
When it comes to reporting, writing, and editing, there can be no "fairness" or objectivity with regard to the devil incarnate, Donald Trump. Destroy him! Never stop demonizing him, until your last breath!
Let's start with the New York Times, whose inglorious history includes denying the Holocaust was happening.... while it was happening; a paper that employs Jew-hating journalists such as editorial writer Sarah Jeong and Senior Staff Editor Tom Wright-Piersanti, both of whom have sent out many anti-Semitic tweets.
Recently, NY Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet told his employees that the paper had "built our newsroom to cover one story, and we did it truly well." He was referring to the Russian collusion hoax. But now, Baquet, said, it was time to take up the mantle for a new narrative: RACISM! The meeting was secretly recorded and leaked to the press.
Baquet boasted how well the Old Gray Lady covered the Russian collusion story: "We won two Pulitzer Prizes covering that story. And I think we covered that story better than anybody else." A reasonable person would ask, "Is that really something to brag about? That you spent a ton of money and devoted thousands of journalism hours to covering a hoax? And you are proud that your cronies in the corrupt field of journalism gave you awards?" Incredible.
"I think that we've got to change," Baquet said. The Times must "write more deeply about the country, race, and other divisions." Okay; exchange one form of advocacy for another. I see. The paper recently announced that it's embarking on something it calls the "1619 Project," which posits that, since that year marked the beginning of the importation of Caribbean and African slaves into North America, that's really the year the United States was founded.
Never mind the early influence of the Spanish, the French and Indian Wars, Articles of Confederation, the Declaration of Independence and Revolutionary War. And disregard that not everyone supported slavery. Let's just make something up that suits our agenda. That's the way to go!
The Times also demonstrated shortly after the El Paso and Dayton shootings that it can easily be bullied by left wingers. A headline in the print edition reporting on a speech President Trump gave the Monday after the shootings initially read, "Trump Urges Unity Vs. Racism." The left-wing mobs on Twitter, Facebook and CNN/MSNBC went ballistic, putting so much heat on the Times editors, the paper quickly changed the web headline to "Assailing Hate But Not Guns."
So leftists lead the NY Times around by the nose? No surprise there. But let's give credit where credit is due: The Times did write some critical stories about Hillary's emails, home brew server, and the Clinton Foundation slush fund. Oh, but that was so 2016. It seems the paper has gone full-frontal nudity with its activism.
Folks at the Washington Post, a 24/7 Trump bashing machine kept afloat by Jeff Bezos' deep pockets, are probably saying, "Welcome to the party. What took you so long?"
Ditto for abysmal CNN and kooky MSNBC, both of which have been left-wing cheerleaders for so long, there's almost an entire generation that doesn't have a clue CNN used to be considered a respected news organization.
The mindset among leftist "journalists" is that theirs is a higher cause, a moral crusade. That Donald Trump is evil incarnate, and they ought to stop at nothing to smear him day and night. Kind of like the porno nymphomaniacs. The two have something else in common: They're mentally ill, and will never find satisfaction and never get relief from an obsessive desire that consumes them.
Just let it all hang out; that's what the people expect. And sadly, there are plenty of wealthy leftists that will subsidize this crap indefinitely. These biased so-called news organizations could not survive without the progressive teat from which they suck day after day, week after week, year after year.
Two things will never run out: The multi-millions of dollars leftist benefactors have to burn as they seek total power and domination; and the hatred and disdain these vicious people have for conservatives.
The left "touched" a hundred million people last century. They're turning Venezuela into a massive slum.
But recognizing that is hyperbole, huh?
If you must comment, try to be less of a jackass.
Posted by: K.N. McBride | August 23, 2019 at 05:56 PM
Right, now show us on the doll where the leftist touched you. Oh, wait, you're Catholic right? Probably not funny then. Nevermind!
Posted by: Pit the Younger | August 23, 2019 at 09:02 AM