The Mechanical Voices of the MSM

Special to Free Republic ^ | 20 November, 2004 | John Armor (Congressman Billybob)

[meema]

Kewl! I enjoyed it very much, Billy.

[Petronski]

Very good. Very very good.

[TaxRelief]

What's really bizarre is the leftwing media's belief that the only reason people are conservative is because they are uneducated or possess low IQ's.

Surprisingly, their basic premise falls fat in the face of the fact that the major portion of the Democrat support base consists of poor, inner-city folk; blue-collar workers; public school progeny; undergraduates enrolled in public universities; and high-school-educated-only Hollywood types.

How is it, then, that all of these less educated folks know how great the Democrat Party is?

[ashtanga]

Oh, I don't know if the MSM is dying. They are becoming more hideous and transparent, but let's face it; Americans are, well, naive let us say. Many Americans think that Brokjaw and crew actually have their interests at heart, and they will watch their Orwellian news collages every night. The more sapient will move on to the Internet and talk radio, filtering out the absurd, insane and unspeakable as they move along. Let us just say that the MSM is anemic. Where they will find the needed B12, I don't know. Maybe they will mongrelize their shows with "conservative" guests ...

[The Real Eddie01]

Congressman,

What You've described is a Montra Output New Society Transfering Educational Repeater, or MONSTER.

Great stuff.

[TChris]

Good piece, and you're right on the money. "Dave... Dave... What are you doing, Dave?"

[Lee'sGhost]

I sincerely believe that were it not for the old media Bill Clinton probably would not have been elected the first time and certainly would not have been reelected. I clearly remember the story about Paula Jones's news conference announcing her law suit. The lamestream reporters looked at each other and then looked at CNN to see if they were going to cover it. CNN deemed it un-newsworthy so they all walked away.

A lot has changed since then. Thanks to cable news and talk radio in general, and FOX News and Rush Limbaugh specifically, we now live in a new era. Throw in the growth of the Internet and the pajamahadeen and you can rest assured that things will never return to the way they were. Legions of conservatives now eagerly await the next Dan Ratheresque smear report in hopes of being the one who exposes the lie.

As a former journalist I predict that the old media will change. It will have to in order to survive. The way I see it the transformation will take on one of two guises. They will either have to become more FOX like, as in fair and balanced -- or they will have to become transparently partisan. I think if they were really smart they would do both. The should get rid of so-called heavyweights to anchor their news programs and make presentation of the stories by reporters who honestly strive to be balanced the central part of their broadcast. Then they can present biased perspectives on shows like 60 Minutes -- the difference being that they admit such shows are biased. And if they are REALLY smart they will have shows that truly present both sides -- either at the same time or perhaps back to back. But the bottom line is, they will have to change. Ratings will determine how soon.

[Lee'sGhost]

Just out of curiosity I googled "General Jubal T. Early" and found numerous references. While I believe that JehngisKahn is correct, I neither see what is so funny nor why the mistake deserves such vitriol. I'm not sure what league you are out of but I think it may be just as well.

[Congressman Billybob]

I think your logic on what the MSM has to do, is spot on. And there is even money to be made as a latter-day Fred Silverman discovers the obvious and leads one network to success compared to the other two, which will be respectively moribund and dead.

Billybob

[sinclair]

Lord, please don't change the Main Stream Media. They are screwing it up just fine thank you.

[EdReform]

Excellent commentary, sir!

See also: Why We Post...

[EdReform]

Ping

[Grampa Dave]

"Requiescat in fracta!"

[MeekOneGOP]

Thanks, CB !!

..... After the election, when the Republicans had won, the underlying message did not change. In thousands of words the talking heads of the MSM are repeating, ad nauseam, the same seven word message. It is:

“Caution! Republicans are bad! Democrats are good!”

[don-o]

John,

I bless my Daddy, Memory Eternal, who early in my life installed a BS detector in me, regarding what we now call the MSM. More elegantly expressed, he taught me to "think critically and to examine the presuppositions of everything I heard or read.

For all his foibles, I think this is the most valuable service that Rush Limbaugh provides to his audience.

And, I do believe that the toothpaste is out of the tube for the Democrat Party. From Kerry the Flipper to Rathergate to the storied new voters; nothing worked as they thought it would, and they got a good ol' fashioned trip to the woodshed; and it's going to sting for a long time.

Great post as always.

[MeekOneGOP]

haha! You beat me to it! :^D

[xp38]

Just what do you think you're doing, Congressman?

[xp38]

[MeekOneGOP]

Good job. I like it!

[Grampa Dave]

Great minds think along parallel tracks and in basically the same time sequence.

Thanks for your graphic arts skills in updating the MSM tombstone.