Just to my local newspaper.
Freedom from media bias
Today, 12/31/2004 I read Mr. Bill Mego Depressing yearend article. I would have figured that the Naperville Sun is a more positive newspaper. I hope Mr. Mego is just being funny. All the good things that have happened in 2004 are endless. It is truly amazing how the LL (Looney left) media aka known at the MSM (main stream media) paint the USA to be un-American or depressing.
Mr. Mego article states “the rest of the world is only too aware that the amount of aid we have committed so far is about what we will be spending every six hours in Iraq next year”. This quote came from a combination of two sources, the UN representative misguided statement and a CNN broadcaster who will remain nameless, hence, Mr. Mego is echoing as the town crier.
If Mr. Mego would only do his research he would find that American farmers, people, corporations, and US government annually gives tens of billions of dollars in aide to other countries. The US agricultural (representing farmers) department gives ¼ of all grains (perhaps 10 billion) produced in the USA away free every year. Add in the Drug companies, hundreds of religion and private charities the total will easily exceed 50 billion dollars. Americans give 136 million dollars per day, every day.
Mr. Mego in my opinion is drowning in the daily media feeds from the MSM, and it is affecting his ability to think rationally. With only 8 nightly news TV slots for the supper table, and if it bleeds it leads, it is time for the non-Internet world to wake up. It would help the self-confidence of Mr. Mego and millions of Americans glued to the TV sets at night, and the world to stop hating America if they would do some research. We then could avoid more Rathergates.
It is interesting that occasionally the usually foreign leaning left gets it right, however is ignored by the American MSM. Here is a clue. Title: US Marines Win in Iraq -- Outstanding BBC Video Boycotted by ABC, CBS, CNN, and NBC BBC (who'd a thunk it?) ^ | 12/10/04 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1299216/posts play post 8 for BBC video story.
I love free speech, however, someone at the Naperville Sun newspaper needs to bring common sense and balance to this article with a both sides view in the future. Patriotic American’s not only have to fight the socialists, and terrorists, they have to fight the Liberal media mouthpieces. Freedom is not free.
Paul Williams
Son of American Revolution
Naperville, IL
You hit right on the head!!
Outstanding letter!