High noon for high news - (Victor Davis Hanson on threadbare, discredited lib media!)

JEWISH WORLD REVIEW.COM ^ | MAY 26, 2005 | VICTOR DAVIS HANSON

[CHARLITE]

The recent Dan Rather and Newsweek controversies hardly seem connected. But on closer examination, both incidents symbolize what has gone wrong with traditional news organizations.

The old assumption was that opinion media — such as the National Review, The Nation and The New Republic — offer a slant on current events, but that major news outlets, outside of their designated opinion sections, do not.

This commitment to disinterested reporting — and along with it the public's trust in mainstream media — has been shattered in recent years.

It's easy to see why people no longer feel they can rely on a CBS News or a Newsweek for information without bias. At CBS, Dan Rather persistently wished us to believe that a clearly forged memo was authentic. Michael Isikoff's reliance on a single anonymous and unreliable source about supposed desecration of the Quran made an already jaded public believe that Newsweek was too eager to deliver a one-sided story.

Three now-common themes appeared in each controversy:

First, the misinformation erred predictably against the current American government. In CBS's case, anchorman Rather impugned the president's past military service. The Newsweek article questioned the ethics and sense of the American military.

[IncPen]

This commitment to disinterested reporting — and along with it the public's trust in mainstream media — has been shattered in recent years.

Kudos to VDH for hitting the nail on the head on many points, but let's be clear- the MSM in this country has been carrying water for the liberals/communists/marxists since FDR...

[wildcatf4f3]

bttt

[CHARLITE]

"...let's be clear- the MSM in this country has been carrying water for the liberals/communists/marxists since FDR."

And only now, in these past 4 years have Americans truly awakened to the truth of this. It really would not have been possible without the internet. Before the net, they had an iron clad monopoly. The net is what has changed everything, just as 9/11 changed those of us who can THINK!!

Thanks for the excellent comment, IncPen! (I love your name! Key-yewt!)

Char :)

[papertyger]

Before the net, they had an iron clad monopoly. The net is what has changed everything, just as 9/11 changed those of us who can THINK!!

Amen! I get great satisfaction from seeing the MSM going down the same path as land-line phone companies. Sure they are still big and powerful, but their ultimate fate is just as sure as the railroads.

[CHARLITE]

" they are still big and powerful, but their ultimate fate is just as sure as the railroads.."

Teddy still thinks HE's "big and powerful," too!

[ozzymandus]

Oh my God! Call greenpeace so they can drag his fat ass back into the ocean!

[neverdem]

Bump & a ping

[CHARLITE]

I think that this photo was possibly taken last summer, because it has been going around the internet for a long time. It seemed to fit the subject of the thread!

Thanks for your comment. Very appropriate!

Char :)

[Tolik]

Thanks. The VDH Ping list was already pinged to this article here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1410748/posts

But more VDH posted never hurts.