Posted on 07/29/2015 6:07:46 AM PDT by ProgressingAmerica
If a tree falls in a forest and nobody was there to hear it, did it really happen? If baby parts are being sold and nobody is there to report it, were those parts really sold?
"They(journalists) decide what their readers shall know, or what they shall not know" - William Thomas Stead, Government by Journalism
The latest chapter of this grotesque storyline is that Margaret Sanger's Planned Parenthood is warning the media not to play any of these videos, or even report on them. But it is pretty clear that there was a coverup before that letter was even sent.
To what end would the media cover this up? To influence public policy, clearly. Follow the bouncing ball:
1: The less people who know all of the things that have been said on these videos -
2: The less people will call their representatives to look for something to be done -
3: The less chances there are congress will actually stop giving tax payer funds for this -
Its not a coincidence that conservative activists have to go out themselves and do what 60 minutes and others used to do with groups such as Planned Parenthood. The lack of undercover videos over the years is the real test of: "They decide what their readers shall know, or what they shall not know"
There is a long history of journalists and media personalities using(abusing) their positions of authority for the express purpose of achieving an aimed at goal, with some of this history even being openly discussed or written about by the people on the inside. Due to its directness and perhaps even brevity, the article Government by Journalism is probably the top example.
Here is the article, it explains a lot for those who have been wondering 'how did we get here'.
If we can't even get the truth into the hands of the American people, there is not a reasonable expectation that the people will do the right thing. And by extension, our elected leaders.
The journalist can reduce the priority of those measures, simply by not reporting on them.
The article “Government by Journalism” is a gift that keeps on giving for an understanding of today’s media complex.
https://archive.org/details/GovernmentByJournalismWilliamThomasStead
Hooray for Citizen Journalists. That's the way it should be. The price of Liberty is Eternal Vigilance. We have abdicated that role to the Men Seeking Men mediums.
First, we take back journalism. Next, we'll take back our government.
Wonder when “Reality TV” will show an actual abortion. /s
Most people get the latest news online....... way before the MSM is even awake.
Newspapers are relics of the past......they are barely holding their own.
Best evidence: the MSM doesn't make money from the news anymore....the NYT has been selling off property for years, trying to pump up the bottom line.
I haven’t spent a penny on a newspaper in fifteen years.
You....... and millions of other net-surfers.
Remember when the left and the media would applaud “guerrilla” journalists (when they targeted the right or some company?
Good times, good times.
Amen, Brother
It’s called “Propaganda.” (Which used to be a respectable pursuit until Goebbels and the Stalinists sunk their meat hooks into it.
Thanks for the BEEP!
Now we have a Secretary of State who lined her pockets with bribes from foreign governments and there's nothing to see here. Move along.
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