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Who was the first liberal journalist?
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Posted on 11/05/2016 6:05:58 PM PDT by ProgressingAmerica

In the wake of Rolling Stone and its activist being found guilty of manufacturing a fraudulent rape hoax story, I wanted to start back at the beginning.

Who was the first liberal journalist? Everything has a beginning. Where can you find that very first yellow brick in the road? Well, the first thing is making sure that we get the question right, otherwise we will produce garbage answers. In computer science, that falls into the category of "Garbage in, garbage out".

So, "Who was the first liberal journalist in the age of objective journalism?".(meaning, when they started hiding their biases) I think there might be an even better question. "Who was the first liberal journalist in the age of objective journalism, as the liberal media's monopoly was being built?" This question really nails it, because as modern media came to be ABC, NBC, and CBS, and the newspapers, how they all came to largely be one reporting entity is crucially important. Even though we ultimately only want to know who is the man who started it all.

His name is Walter Lippmann. Walter Lippmann stands at the center of a perfect storm when journalism becomes a profession - at his request and leadership - while at the same time journalism becomes a taught study in colleges - where, you know, the students will be indoctrinated en masse - and where Lippmann's own tactics of manipulating the news become both the de-facto as well as de-jure way that journalists operate - at the same time the big modern media entities that we have all known for so long were being built. Modern objective journalism largely came into existence in the 1920's/30's, as did the completely one-sided media monopoly. Lippmann's book Public Opinion was published in 1922.

Walter Lippmann has been called the "Father of Modern Journalism" by people in the industry for a long time, for good reason. That's not my designation, and his book "Public Opinion", a book for which every single conservative should be reading, is a public domain book that is free to download. The audiobook is also for free in the public domain.

Some of you may not realize, or even argue against the notion that Walter Lippmann's way of journalism is at the heart of what Rolling Stone did, and I only have one question for you:

"What stereotype was Rolling Stone hoping to supply to its readers?" For those of you interested in journalism, the left wing aspects of journalism, etc, this question is a whopper. Lippmann was obsessed with stereotypes, and in particular how to manipulate them to effect. Let's examine the answer to the question first. Rolling Stone was hoping to play off of various stereotypes about how evil men are, about the victimization of women, rape culture, and several others. Other commentators who are much better at dissecting this can and have already done the job, so I'll move on.

So along comes Rolling Stone, hoping to supply a stereotype about fratboys and their mass rapes. How does that relate to Lippmann? Here's what he wrote: (page 355)

It is a problem of provoking feeling in the reader, of inducing him to feel a sense of personal identification with the stories he is reading. News which does not offer this opportunity to introduce oneself into the struggle which it depicts cannot appeal to a wide audience. The audience must participate in the news, much as it participates in the drama, by personal identification. Just as everyone holds his breath when the heroine is in danger, as he helps Babe Ruth swing his bat, so in subtler form the reader enters into the news. In order that he shall enter he must find a familiar foothold in the story, and this is supplied to him by the use of stereotypes. They tell him that if an association of plumbers is called a "combine" it is appropriate to develop his hostility; if it is called a "group of leading business men" the cue is for a favorable reaction.

It is in a combination of these elements that the power to create opinion resides. Editorials reinforce.

Did Rolling Stone intend to provoke feelings in its readers?

Did Rolling Stone intend to induce its readers to feel a sense of personal identification with the story?

Did Rolling Stone intend to offer the opportunity to its readers to introduce themselves into the struggle?

Did Rolling Stone intend to see people participate in the news, in other words, did it think protests may occur because of this article?

Did Rolling Stone intend to label the fratboys (in an equivalent fashion) as a "combine" instead of labeling them as a "group of leading business men"? In other words, were they just boys having a good time? Or were they rapists?

Did Rolling Stone's editorials reinforce the original article? In the first few days, I bet they did.

People who are tired of the left wing bias constantly ask, "How can we do damage to this media" and the answer to your question is that you should be reading Walter Lippmann. He built the blueprints for all of this. You have questions, his books are where the answers reside. Particularly, the book "Public Opinion". How does this machine work? Ask it's creator.

It would be best, by far, if people read Lippmann's book in full. If an audiobook is preferred, click here. I can only scratch the surface, and even then, it is hard in this format to cover every single detail.

But, if you're simply looking for a small write up, I have one here. There is no substitute for a full read.


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Ultimately, "objective journalism" was built specifically to hide their agenda. This earth has never seen, never known objective journalism. It was always a scam, a coverup, right from day one.

The book proves it.

1 posted on 11/05/2016 6:05:58 PM PDT by ProgressingAmerica
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To: mvonfr; Southside_Chicago_Republican; celmak; SvenMagnussen; miss marmelstein; ...
If anybody wants on/off the revolutionary progressivism ping list, send me a message

Progressives do not want to discuss their own history. I want to discuss their history.

Summary: Everything has a beginning. And yes, it matters.

2 posted on 11/05/2016 6:07:25 PM PDT by ProgressingAmerica (We cannot leave history to "the historians" anymore.)
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To: ProgressingAmerica

satan


3 posted on 11/05/2016 6:08:34 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew (Why aren't I fifty pints ahead?)
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To: ProgressingAmerica

I believe Satan was the first Journalist.


4 posted on 11/05/2016 6:11:14 PM PDT by tinyowl (A equals A)
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To: ProgressingAmerica

Easy question. The first liberal American journalist was Benjamin Franklin.

But that’s not the type of liberal to which you refer.


5 posted on 11/05/2016 6:14:09 PM PDT by Skepolitic
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To: ProgressingAmerica

Phillip Freneau - He tried to convince people George Washington wanted to be king!


6 posted on 11/05/2016 6:14:37 PM PDT by Reily
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To: ProgressingAmerica

Hugh Hefner.


7 posted on 11/05/2016 6:15:39 PM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: ProgressingAmerica

Being a journalist puts young people on what they believe to be a path toward “doing well by doing good.”

This is an almost irresistible lure for some.

Very few are able to do it, and those that do have a hard time making a significant amount of money at it, at least until they’ve been in the biz for twenty or thirty years.

The things they see along the way cause them to become cynical, and the brew of cynicism, idealism, and money-hunger leads inevitably to liberalism. It’s only a question of when.


8 posted on 11/05/2016 6:19:08 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([VOTE FRAUD] == [CIVIL WAR])
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To: ProgressingAmerica

My first thought when I read the headline was Walter Lippman. My parents, bless their hearts, believed everything they heard or read from the liberal media. When I got older and told them the truth about the USSR and other things, they looked at me like I was the brainwashed one.


9 posted on 11/05/2016 6:21:30 PM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: ProgressingAmerica

As the 1864 election approached, the New York World condemned the GOP ticket of Lincoln and Andrew Johnson: “The age of statesmen is gone; the age of rail-splitters and tailors, of buffoons, boors and fanatics, has succeeded,” it wrote.
“In a crisis of the most appalling magnitude, requiring statesmanship of the highest order, the country is asked to consider the claims of two ignorant, boorish, third-rate backwoods lawyers, for the highest stations in government. Such nominations, in such a conjecture, are an insult to the common-sense of the people.”


10 posted on 11/05/2016 6:21:55 PM PDT by Donglalinger
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The Gettysburg Address—now revered as one of the greatest speeches of all time and memorized by school children across the nation—was panned by many.

One Chicago Times writer said: “The cheek of every American must tingle with shame as he reads the silly flat dishwatery utterances of a man who has to be pointed out to intelligent foreigners as the President of the United States.”


11 posted on 11/05/2016 6:23:59 PM PDT by Donglalinger
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To: Steely Tom

I remember Larry King getting his start. I began to realize not everyone behind a microphone was really getting to the essence of the story, but had developed an art to spin it to influence their hearers. I remember when the Professional Air Traffic Controllers went on strike, and Ronald Reagan fired them all. Larry King said HE CAN’T DO THAT. IT ISN’T LEGAL. Ronald Reagan DID do that, and Larry King was really upset.


12 posted on 11/05/2016 6:24:11 PM PDT by rovenstinez (so)
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To: ProgressingAmerica

The answer to the question is:

Gutenberg. Invented the printing press so that he could shape the minds of the public.


13 posted on 11/05/2016 6:25:42 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: ProgressingAmerica
Journalism and Objectivity

14 posted on 11/05/2016 6:27:45 PM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion ('Liberalism' is a conspiracy against the public by wire-service journalism.)
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To: ProgressingAmerica

On second thought, maybe it happened much earlier.

The first liberal journalist was .... the author of Genesis.


15 posted on 11/05/2016 6:28:35 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: Rusty0604

I will definitely give Lippmann his credit - the formulations he created for manipulating people through the news are masterful indeed.

It’s no wonder they’ve lasted for over a century.

I have family members who are the same way. If it’s written, it’s gospel.


16 posted on 11/05/2016 6:30:14 PM PDT by ProgressingAmerica (We cannot leave history to "the historians" anymore.)
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To: ProgressingAmerica

Piece o’cake .... the serpent.


17 posted on 11/05/2016 6:32:06 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true.)
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To: ProgressingAmerica

Karl Marx, reported on Civil War.


18 posted on 11/05/2016 6:34:05 PM PDT by arrogantsob (Nationalist, Patriot, Trumpman, Hater of the Media)
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To: ProgressingAmerica
The other major reason is that conservative parents discouraged their children from going into journalism leaving the field open to highly impressionable liberals.

The good news is that we now know that the fields of science, business, and industry have also been taken over by the liberals.

So hopefully conservative parents will encourage their children to go into the field of study that most interests them.

That way all of the fields (journalism, arts, education, non-profits, medicine, science, engineering, business, entertainment, etc.) will be flooded with conservatives.

19 posted on 11/05/2016 6:34:07 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear
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To: ProgressingAmerica
The very first libera; journalists were recorded during the Civil War. Tecumseh Sherman on reporters: "I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print them as facts. I regard them as spies, which, in truth, they are."
20 posted on 11/05/2016 6:35:24 PM PDT by max americana (fired every liberal in our company at every election cycle..and laughed at their faces (true story))
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