by
M. Richard Maxson
The disgracefully slanted coverage of the trial of George Zimmerman, an EPA study that failed to link fracking with environmental contamination and a recent study by Justice Department concluding that gun control laws are ineffective in reducing gun violence is only the latest, prominent example of liberal media bias. Many Americans are experiencing despair over what we believe is the destruction of this nation from within led by the Liberal media. We see a rejection of the moral principles and system of government that have made this the greatest nation in the history of the world.
Since the 2006 election, America’s national media hasn’t let up. It’s pushing harder on its pro-liberal Democrat, Socialist, anti-Constitutionalist Republican slant. They run stories that help Democrats hard and long. The media does not insist that Democratic politicians explain why they
defy public opinion on extreme positions like late term abortion,
partial birth abortion, or parental consent and stories that help Republicans, will be be ignored, or should be delivered quietly and, especially if they hurt the president.
The Press today is based upon a manipulation of the truth, half-truths, a cynical representation of manipulated facts, screenshots, sound-bites video clips, and outright lies, to sway public opinion. The press doesn't listen and then ask questions about the results found, instead it asks questions and relentlessly quizes Republicans and Independants, eagerly hunting any gaffe that they can be discredited with. They attack the persons who have presented the creditable evidence that doesn't fit the liberal agenda.
For most Americans, their entire informational and intellectual universe is shaped by the left -- from elementary school through graduate school, and of course, in the news media. The non-political middle hears only stories shaped by the leftist media. They rarely, if ever, encounter non-left viewpoints. The media is nothing short of a corrupt PR arm for the Democratic/Socialist Party. The cynical, despicable thing about all this is that even though the public knows it’s being played by the liberals, the game still works.
Average Americans might not trust the media, but the networks still set the agenda and control the subject. Sadder still is that few in the general public even seem to be taking notice of the loss of quality reporting across the state and nation. Walter Cronkite, the great news reporter, once remarked, “Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy; it is democracy,”
We are the first to live in a total mass-media-oriented world, and every night when we turn on the television and the news comes on, we see the almost unbelievable hypocrisy and deceit and even outright idiocy of our national leaders and the corruption and disintegration of all our institutions, from the police and courts to the White House itself, and we are told is is alright. This is the norm. This is the Leftist media.
The media in the United States, while still not completely controlled by the
government, is mostly under the direction of large Liberal contributors which
dictate the content of the newspapers, magazines, and TV networks they
own, so except for small independent efforts it is no longer really
free. In a democracy, we need journalists to hold the government
accountable. An independent, experienced and competent press is vital
to governmental transparency – and a check on unfettered government
power.
Friedrich Hayek noted in his book, The Constitution of Liberty, that democracy only makes sense if individuals are able to form an opinion independent of
their government. That is the reason behind first amendment rights
such as freedom of speech and freedom of the press, but as a rare moderate Democrat recently stated "America has no functioning democracy at this moment,"
- Jimmy Carter
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