McCain/Palin can’t win on their merits, so they’re running against the media. This kerfluffle about Ifill, the “gotcha” journalism jibe at Couric, the rants at the RNC. They knew then they couldn’t beat Obama, so they’re trying to convince the American people that the media is selling them a bill of goods on Obama so the people better vote for McCain because he’s the real deal, even though he can’t show it, because he says so and the media doesn’t love him anymore.
This comment from a National Review (that would be a conservative media outlet) blogger:
John McCain, formerly considered a Today Show co-host, is heading a ticket that is now running against the media.
A media lover who now hates the media. A media darling who can’t share the spotlight with another media darling. He’s jealous. Never before in modern (that’s post-TV) political coverage has there been two media darlings in the same race. And one of them obviously can’t stand not being the main show. Remember, McCain used to call the media his base.
The real problem here isn’t the media. It’s the American people who are so complicit in the lie. FOX is rightwing. MSNBC is leftwing. So? It’s up to you to see through the bullshit and stop giving them the ratings. The people are responsible for any bias in the system because these businesses can’t rely upon not having customers. I don’t watch television news. I listen to NPR, and rely upon Google News and YoTube to get me multiple sources. I don’t regularly read any of the blogs. My only 100% biased media is Vanity Fair. I love The Economist. I don’t give those major outlets my ratings. Isn’t that how the whole free market is supposed to work?
STOP GIVING THEM WHAT THEY WANT WHICH IS YOU! To manipulate. And infuriate so that you’ll come back for more. FOX’s only schtick is to keep saying they should be the only schtick. Chris Matthews is a screaming asshole who is not a real journalist. He’s a flaming RV on the side of the road (I actually saw that once; impossible not to stare) so he’s irresistible. I love watching Olbermann go into spasms as much as the next leftie. But I don’t pretend I’m getting news. It’s a god damn bear baiting match. You’re rubber-necking, not getting informed. And it’s your fault.
At the end of the day, the year, the decade, the century, these biases only exist because the American people love them. They want to hear only what they already think in their own heads. The current media style is the brain-wave equivalent of high fructose corn syrup. The more you ingest, the more you need, and you don’t even know where it is in your food and its damn near impossible to eradicate from your diet. But it’s poison, and with a little effort you can clear you pantry, mostly, of the stuff and within just a few weeks you discover you don’t want all that crap in your system. Same with your brain on the media. Force yourself to watch boring CSPAN, boring PBS, boring NPR. Go two weeks without the screaming matches that make up today’s television and blogs and you won’t be able to stand to go back. Then a miraculous thing occurs. You actually can hear your own thoughts and formulate your own opinions.
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