I hate the mainstream media! They are the whores and sluts of our world...see Breitbart.com about how much they pushed the Khan narrative over the truth of how Hillary lied to the faces of killed soldiers parents from Benghazi
I saw that. You are sooo right. Trump said nothing wrong. The liars jumped on it and fox went along because that crap head Murdock owns the establishment and it IS HISTORY!! We are taking over with TRUMP and they can go to HELL!!
If you really hate “the MSM,” I propose that you call it out by its proper name. “Media” is a vague term; it encompasses sports, fiction entertainment, you name it. And granted that there can be serious socialist tendencies in such programming, they are, by and large, not who make the statements which infuriate you.Specifically, what you mean by “the mainstream media” is wire service journalism. Just say it, journalism is biased to (and past) the point of cynicism. You know that, and it infuriates you because you are painfully aware that
The natural disposition is always to believe. It is acquired wisdom and experience only that teach incredulity, and they very seldom teach it enough. The wisest and most cautious of us all frequently gives credit to stories which he himself is afterwards both ashamed and astonished that he could possibly think of believing. - Adam Smith, Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759)So, why is journalism pro-socialist? I propose that that is best seen by contrasting socialism with:It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.Journalists inherently are critics. That is the natural result of their being in the business of reporting bad news. And socialism consists of second-guessing and criticizing the people who work to a bottom line. Thus, the synergy between journalists and socialist politics.