Before I read anymore headlines about the Cheney hunting accident--that is before I become brainwashed into thinking that this event is indeed a major news story, much less a major political story, I have to state my own view. A hunting accident occurred. No one has yet died. Apparently, the victim may recover. No one knows at this point, especially given the fact that the victim is in his late seventies and has had a mild heart attack. Where is the scandal? Where is the political significance? There is no scandal, just a sad tragedy between friends. There is absolutely no political significance except for the fact that the media have arbitrarily made this the top political story of the current news cycle.
What does this absurd seizing on a hunting accident tell us about the liberal media? (While cable channel surfing, I got to see the insufferable Chris Matthews of MSNBC hyperventilating about the incident--that scene is confirmation enough of the story's absurdity!) Here is what I think this tempest in a political teapot tells us:
1. The liberal media are just dressed up tabloids;
2. The journalists that work the liberal media are supremely superficial;
3. The liberals have no serious political or social agenda to offer to the nation, other than celebrating abortion, abundant contraception for teenagers and everyone else, and sodomy.
The liberal media lack what Cheney has always had in abundance: gravitas. But gravitas comes from knowing something worth knowing. What this latest newscycle shows is that the liberal media know and wish to know nothing worthwhile. Turn off the cable channel. Go to a blog. Even better, read a book! (A good blog may even recommend a book!)
2 comments:
I'm not too sure that the level of dignity of the press should be the main consideration, but you’re right that it lowers the general level of all discussion. The real issue in my opinion is the overplay of any anti-Republican issues vs. the underplay of Democratic ones. A clear and equivalent comparison is when the father of our current president stumbles down some stairs he is forever deemed clumsy. Where as when President Clinton hurt himself coming down someone’s stairs badly enough to need crutches it wasn’t made a major news item particularly when the Clintons made efforts to keep it quite. In the final analysis no one should really want to be friends of or with the press.
The result of the current situation is a much better vetted Republican leadership and a watch dog that acts like a lap dog for the Democrats. So, who would anyone trust in power in this state of affairs? I would rather elect Republican’s that are constantly barked at than the Democrats who have the press eating out of their hands. So, be glad of the full glass when you have one even though you may have to use ear plugs as you drink.
This is not news. I buy the Sunday paper only and only for the coupons. I never watch TV.
The think the MSM have gone off the deep end because they have lost the rational part of their customer base.
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