The Media - They Need To Be Treated For What They Are.

 by

       M. Richard Maxson

      Is it really too much to require that the media at least accurately report facts? It is in the American States. There are multiple news organizations in this country who write what they know to be fiction and try to pass it off as fact. The media is now so slanted by the corporations that control them, that there are no common standards of what is newsworthy except it must fit their narrative. Any sufficiently outlandish Leftist claim is worth spotlighting because it will enhance that narrative. That narrative being: the American way of life is evil and must be replaced with conformism as soon as possible to “save democracy.”

       There are a few news outlets that still report news. They are under constant attack by their peers(?) for not pushing the program. Recently high-level editors at The New York Post instructed staff members this week not to use reporting from CNN, MSNBC, The Times and The Washington Post as the sole basis for any Post article.

      Founded by Alexander Hamilton in 1801, the New York-based newspaper has made headlines in recent months for some of its fair and even editorial decisions. After publishing a story damaging to Hunter Biden and President-elect Joe Biden in October 2020, the New York Post was attacked by the liberal overlords by being temporarily locked out of its Twitter account, by the Leftist internet censors across several social media platforms. 

      The Leftist American media are “Democrat activists in the propaganda field,” certainly not reporters, or journalists. A courageous federal judge agrees. In a recent decision in an obscure libel case that takes the measure of the mainstream media's bias, D.C. Circuit Court Judge Laurence Silberman stated, “It should be borne in mind that the first step taken by any potential authoritarian or dictatorial regime is to gain control of communications, particularly the delivery of news,” wrote Judge Laurence Silberman. “It is fair to conclude, therefore, that one-party control of the press and media is a threat to a viable democracy.”

      He went on an unprecedented written tirade against the press, in which he argued that the lies and bias is so overwhelming in America that the Supreme Court should revisit the landmark 1964 New York Times v. Sullivan ruling that granted the media broad First Amendment protections from being sued by public officials. "The increased power of the press is so dangerous today because we are very close to one-party control of these institutions," said Silberman.

      He wrote in his judgement, "Although the bias against the Republican Party—not just controversial individuals—is rather shocking today, this is not new; it is a long-term, secular trend going back at least to the ’70s," Silberman wrote. "Two of the three most influential papers The New York Times and The Washington Post, are virtually Democratic Party broadsheets and the news section of The Wall Street Journal leans in the same direction. The orientation of these three papers is followed by The Associated Press and most large papers across the country (such as the Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, and Boston Globe). Nearly all television—network and cable—is a Democratic Party trumpet. Even the government-supported National Public Radio follows along." 

      He went on to accuse MSM’s billionaire owners of filtering news "in ways favorable to the Democratic Party" and fueling censorship and suppression, not to leave out their "serious efforts to muzzle" outlets like Fox News, Newsmax, and any other outlet that aren't under "Democratic Party ideological control." and does not spew the party line. "It is well-accepted that viewpoint discrimination 'raises the specter that the Government may effectively drive certain ideas or viewpoints from the marketplace,” Silberman said. "but ideological homogeneity in the media—or in the channels of information distribution—risks repressing certain ideas from the public consciousness just as surely as if access were restricted by the government."

       "It should be borne in mind that the first step taken by any potential authoritarian or dictatorial regime is to gain control of communications, particularly the delivery of news. It is fair to conclude, therefore, that one-party control of the press and media,” that we now have, “is a threat to a viable democracy," the judge continued. "It may even give rise to countervailing extremism. The First Amendment guarantees a free press to foster a vibrant trade in ideas. But a biased press can distort the marketplace. And when the media has proven its willingness—if not eagerness—to so distort.”

      It’s time to stop acting like these political activists are professionals who do honest journalism. With very few exceptions, these people are not there to do journalism, and we need to be honest about that. The White House press corps, like most of the rest of the media, is an embarrassment. It pushes propaganda. We need to treat them like the propagandists they are. Continuing the pretense that there is honest, fair journalism in the States is not doing a favor to the public. It’s not true. Average Americans need to stop reading and watching the corrupt corporate media. They should immediately stop subscribing to them, stop advertising with them, and stop paying attention to them. Reporters at these outlets quite obviously hate many Americans and the values they hold, and it’s time most Americans realized that and acted appropriately in response.