Nice thought, but liberals slide right around this by arguing that the results are “intangible” and “not easily measured” by such base considerations as can be seen with the naked eye. Diversity, cognitive effect, nuance, they’ll come up with all sorts of b.s. to justify continuing exactly on their course.
The media aren’t going away and while conservatives can — and should — continue to call out errors and bias, they ought to be at least as interested in changing hearts and minds, even minds that already seem made up
They are generally not making profits, but are supported by other leftist corporate structures and donors.
Trump is doing *exactly* the right thing by exposing them. They are generally true believers and cannot be converted.
They are destroying themselves, and President Trump and the administration does the nation a service by pointing out the Fake News that these propaganda organs produce.
Cal, we are a Republic, not a Democracy. Also, we have nothing near a 'free' press. The agenda is the impetus that drives the media. Your suggestions are replete with altruism, something completely lacking from the modern media and to enact what you offer would take a turn that the majority are unwilling to take.
Cal Thomas can’t be this naive. When was the last time a liberal’s mind (such as it is) was changed by facts and reason?
You don’t try to mind-meld with your enemies. You crush them.
If there are enough liberals to support the establishment media, so be it. But if every conservative in the country withholds support for the media and their advertisers, they’ll understand the impact of their bias.
And we have our own sources of information these days, so we don’t have to rely on the half-truths, the propaganda, and the outright lies augured out daily by the media whores.
To hell with them.
Reporters, producers and TV bookers are people with families and, in my experience, a sense of duty. Mostly, they are friendly people who are interested in finding and reporting the truth.
Way wrong analysis. Their is no appeal to logic. The NSM doesn’t give a rat’s ass about truth. They push leftist ideology and see any attempt to ameliorate them as weakness and a sign they’re winning.
“How credible is it that someone would favor a program or support a philosophy that costs too much and delivers too little?”
Very credible. The “someone”s are Democrats supporting the welfare state.
Cal is delusional.
You’d sooner be able to change a rock into pepperoni pizza than to change the “hearts and minds” of the media.
Why? Why does he ask this? Why should conservatives have to justify their thoughts on government programs to this guy (and, by extension, the media)?
Seems to me like he's just trolling for ammo to use against us. Like he doesn't already know what we think...
Once a Communist, always a Communist. Except maybe David Horowitz. Maybe.
Cal is the perfect example of do nothing Conservatism.
For once we have a man in the White House trying to put the theories into action and the establishment runs for cover.
I think we HAVE shown them respect in the past- and what did we get in return? Nothing. What they did was help the candidate or POTUS or comrade of their choice. They cheated by throwing “softball” questions at them or worse let their person CHOOSE the questions. And if ‘we’ dared to point it out, we would be called racists or sexist or something. Or in retaliation, they’d write a story based on lies- like Trump and the Russians- and talk/write about it every single day for weeks as if it were a fact. When finally proven false, they would just move on and drop it-like Trump’s female accusers- who just disappeared from the news!
No- I disagree; we showed them respect and NEVER got anything ‘good’ or at the least respect in return. While there may be some fair minded people employed by the propaganda news companies, sadly, they do not call the shots.
All of a sudden, the truth matters “now more than ever” so says the NY TIMES. Why “now”? Why didn’t it matter during the last 8 years? This one statement, published in their own paper, tells you all you need to know about the people in the “news” business and their motives- and yes- it is beyond disrespectful to their readers, the American people. They have lied to them for the last eight years AND during this last election.
Respect must be EARNED and they have never given ‘us’ a reason to respect them, not a one!
No that is where every GOP President has gone wrong. You seek to destroy your fanatical enemies you do not try to “win their hearts and minds”
Trump is on the exact right path and the squealing from the Politcal/Media establishment shows they know it.
I know corrupt and bias when I see it ... and there’s NO REASON we should ever want to deal with these people. Let them write for each other - for the guy one desk over.