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When discussions of media bias arise, the question that never gets answered is "What is the mainstream leftist agenda for America's future?"

I would love to see a panel of open discussion about what the leftists are trying to achieve with their propaganda and revisionist stories made to fool voters and distort history. Many just think they are following the "if it bleeds it leads" philosophy, but resent revelations by Sharyl Attkisson and Mellisa Francis are revealing a concerted effort to "Gruber" American viewers and readers on almost every subject with political overtones.

Could it be something as simple as narcissism and greed; that maybe people that go into journalism have a need to feel that they are above everyone else? They often say they want to make a difference, but their actions tell a different story.

Media Bias Joke - CNN/BBC/Israeli reporters

A CNN Reporter, BBC Reporter, and an Israeli commando were captured by terrorists in Iraq. The leader of the terrorists told them that he would grant them each one last request before they were beheaded.
The CNN Reporter said, ‘Well, I’m an American, so I’d like one last hamburger with French fries.” The leader nodded to an underling who left and returned with the burger & fries. The reporter ate it and said “Now, I can die.”
The BBC Reporter said, ‘I’m a reporter to the end. I want to take out my tape recorder and describe the scene here and what’s about to happen. Maybe someday someone will hear it and know that I was on the job till the end.” The terror leader directed an aide to hand over the tape recorder and dictated some comments. The reporter then said, ‘Now I can die knowing I stayed true until the end.”
The leader turned and said, “And now, Mr. Israeli tough guy, what is your final wish?”
“Kick me in the ass,” said the soldier.
“What?’ asked the leader, “Will you mock us in your last hour?”
“No, I’m not kidding. I want you to kick me in the ass,” insisted the Israeli. So the leader shoved him into the open and kicked him in the ass.
The soldier went sprawling, but rolled to his knees, pulled a 9 mm pistol from under his flak jacket, and shot the leader dead. In the resulting confusion, he jumped to his knapsack, pulled out his carbine and sprayed the terrorists with gunfire. In a flash, all terrorists were either dead or fleeing for their lives.
As the soldier was untying the reporters, they asked him, “Why didn’t you just shoot them in the beginning? Why did you ask them to kick you in the ass first?”
“What?” replied the Israeli, “and have you report that I was the aggressor?”

http://www.survivalistboards.com/showthread.php?t=364189

I was watch We Were Soldiers the other day with my teenage son. Right after the scene where Joe arrives and tells Col. Moore about the VC coming down the trail with candles my son turns and says today the news person would have kept silent or maybe even tried to publish online data weakening the American position. I smiled and told him yes they already have several times (ala Jerry Rivers and others reporting from embedded positions). Not all youth is lost.

If they'd reported the "Battle of the Bulge", they would have described it as follows:

"After months of being told the allies had the Germans on the run, that we'd be in Berlin by Christmas, we find they are able to mount a massive counter-attack, despite years of round-the-clock bombing.
It's time to quit believing the stories Gen. Eisenhower tells us and pursue a negotiated settlement with the Reich".