so the 1A gives the media oversight over government. That’s OK. But who has oversight over the media?? Who has oversight over the oversighters?
Posted on 05/17/2019 4:23:08 PM PDT by caww
Conservative media mogul Mark Levin is calling for a national debate on the liberal advocacy and bias of much of the media, a growing trend propelled by the election of President Trump that he fears threatens the nation.
“We have to have a national discussion about this, not with the media, but among ourselves like our founders did, in our homes, our restaurants, in our churches, in our civic groups, at a grassroots level, about what we’re going to do about it, because if we don’t have a free press we cannot sustain our republic,” he told Secrets this week.
Speaking in his Levin TV offices, he said much of the media has given up fairness to take out Trump by any means necessary, including fake and "pseudo" news. “What’s going on today with these attacks on the president of the United States, literally trying to burden him to such an extent that he cannot function, undermines the republic,” said Levin.
The reason, he wrote, is because the Democratic Party and media are in bed. He cited 29 recent examples of media figures going to work for Democrats and party officials joining the media, huge by comparison to the GOP-media revolving door.
“There is a relative handful of media outlets that are trying to balance how they report,” he said of conservative outlets, “and most of them come under attack from the 98% who demand uniformity.”
In that 98% group, he said in the interview, “There’s this constant movement between the Democrat Party and the media, and the media and the Democrat Party, there are family members, there’s'incestuous relationships.”
He is correct and it’s good that he is stating it, so people can hear it.
He’s written a book about the media that he’s been promoting. He’s really going after them.
The media are the Democrats disciples of deceit, in fact much of the media are de facto communications division for deep state. Very ugly stuff.
I’ve heard something like this before...
You are the news now.
so the 1A gives the media oversight over government. That’s OK. But who has oversight over the media?? Who has oversight over the oversighters?
The people you say! But who in the media faces the voters??
We have a problem our Founders didn’t anticipate, IMO.
I missed that 2% unless he means 2% is neutral, not negative.
But, but Levin has said, in the past, things that were mildly critical of Trump. He should therefore always be ignored.
End sarcasm
Talk about 'low hanging fruit'. The media's done nothing but destroy any credibility they had for the last 3 years. They're now trusted less than slip and fall lawyers.
If they set out to make fools and asses of themselves then I'd say 'GOOD JOB, MISSION ACCOMPLISHED'.
First Step....
Republicans must mandate full political and financial disclosure by all reporters, editors, and news executives - updated each year.
No public disclosure - no access to any Republican.
Actually, that statement is absolutely false. The First Amendment only says government cannot abridge freedom of the press. Nowhere in the Constitution or our other founding documents does it say that the press has any special rights to be a watchdog over the government...or over anyone else for that matter. They are merely free to operate as they will and publish what they will. No more, no less.
Second Step....
Understand this....
The MSM is NOT the propaganda wing of the Democrat Party.
The Democrat Party is the political wing of the MSM!
so the 1A gives the media oversight over government. That’s OK. But who has oversight over the media?? Who has oversight over the oversighters?
"Casino" - Ace Rothstein:
"In Vegas, everybody's gotta watch everybody else. Since the players are looking to beat the casino, the dealers are watching the players. The box men are watching the dealers. The floor men are watching the box men. The pit bosses are watching the floor men. The shift bosses are watching the pit bosses. The casino manager is watching the shift bosses. I'm watching the casino manager. And the eye-in-the-sky is watching us all."
He’s 100 percent correct.
For as long as Comcast, Disney, and now ATT are not held accountable, nothing changes.
Partisan Media Shills update. Thanks caww.
We could have told 'em that.
That's the market at work -- put the ads where the eyes are. BTW, Faux News -- fire Shep and Chris.
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