Gov. Palin: Serious Problem With The Media’s Herd Mentality

Friends, this is a very important post I respectfully ask you to read through. Forgive its length. May it help you nail the coffin that's given shelter to a corrupt press that would stop at nothing in their fight against right.

Reports today claimed Tom Brokaw was calling on his former network to fire Brian Williams for lying for years about being hit by enemy fire in Iraq. Brokaw apparently denies the reports. (Personally, I hope Williams keeps his job as the face of network news to remind America how this all works, and to justify our complete turning away from his ilk in mainstream media.) It appears that some at NBC did know that Williams was lying for over a decade but never said a thing about it. Keep in mind that Williams repeated his bogus story many times on air, yukked it up with David Letterman over the made up drama, and even accepted praise as a "war hero."

http://www.breitbart.com/…/tom-brokaw-calls-for-brian-will…/

Let's consider the herd mentality these journalists use to empower and cover for each other. It's precisely the way a corrupt organization works, like a crime syndicate. Remember the "JournoList" scandal where hundreds of prominent members of the media were finally exposed for operating a secret internet chat group to strategize on how they would cover (read: spin) the news of the day to fit their leftwing agenda, regardless of truth? I haven't forgotten. They would stop at nothing. I was aware of their collective unethical character not only because my college degree was earned using the complete opposite journalism tactics of JournoList's, but also because I lived it first hand as they began their relentless BS about my family, my hometown, and my record when I was asked to come on the national scene in 2008.

http://dailycaller.com/…/journolist%E2%80%99s-anti-palin-c…/

http://dailycaller.com/…/raw-journolist-emails-on-palins-d…/

My parents just reminded me that right after my acceptance speech at the RNC in 2008, Brian Williams repeated on national television a completely false story that I banned books while I served in office. He did so by reading on air a completely false op-ed by another unethical character who's never clarified nor apologized for including that outrageous censorship lie, among many others. (Thanks, Joe Klein, hope you're keeping it classy.) Those lies - proclaimed on air as if Williams was merely reporting "the news" - were heard by many that night. Lies like that were like a gut punch to my parents that knocked down the foundation of trust they've lived their good lives upon, for they realized, defenselessly, the power of a corrupt press. The media lies rung a bell that can never be "un-rung." In the minds of millions of Americans, I was tainted as an anti-First Amendment book banning wacko. Brian Williams lied about me in order to affect the way I would be perceived by Americans during the 2008 election. He lies. There is no other way around it. But what's especially disgusting is the way his corrupt colleagues covered for him. I have never and will never let the shroud of victimization cover me - God's given me way too many undeserved blessings to dishonor His goodness by wasting time crying "victim" - but I'm happy to recall the hundreds of Palin-centric false reports if it helps America understand you must never trust JournoList-types. (Well, not exactly "happy" to do it, but willing - all the whilst throwing up a little bit in my mouth, believing the reason the harshness perpetuates may be for others' edification.)

Don't be lulled into thinking this is only an NBC problem. It's all the major networks. Look, for example, at the outrageous media bias at CNN at the same time Williams was making up stories about his "war valor."

There is a serious problem with the liberal media's herd mentality. It's too late for their mea culpa because they've already lost America's trust, and that is a dangerous thing. But while they're still on our airwaves, they need to clean up their act as the rest of us turn to new media that will be held accountable. A free press is a cornerstone of our democracy. They have the tools to be our watchdogs, not liars and lapdogs for the powers that be.

Thanks for hearing me out. And, *sigh*, for the umpteenth time - for the benefit of the most unprofessional among the herd who will never clarify nor apologize - yes, I am my son's mother.

- Sarah Palin

http://www.breitbart.com/…/palin-on-brian-williams-hillary…/