Posted on 09/16/2008 12:28:29 AM PDT by DoughtyOne
Folks, please excuse this vanity. It's my hope that my thoughts here will appeal to many of you, and more importantly, we can get some political mileage out of it, effecting change, if we came together on this.
Many of us have spent years on this forum watching the media march right into the tank for the DNC. Today it's no longer a secret to any thinking individual that the major media outlets have shed all pretenses of being fair and balanced. What FoxNews heralded years ago as something of a quasi marketing ploy, is now the sad unabashed reality. The media is not fair and balanced. It's simply another arm of the DNC.
While I do realize that FoxNews was right even then, today the media has become exponentially worse than they used to be even in the early 1990s.
What I would like to propose, is that every sound Conservative across this nation begin to refer to individual media outlets in this manner. Instead of referring to the New York Times, we begin to refer to them as the DNC's New York Times division. When we talk about the Los Angeles Times, we refer to them as the DNC's Los Angeles Times division. When we refer to ABC, we simply refer to them as the DNC's ABC Division. When we refer to Charlie Gibson and his affiliation with ABC, we simply reference Charlie Gibson, from the DNC's ABC Division. When we refer to CNN, we reference it as the DNC's CNN Division. When we reference PBS, we reference it as the DNC's PBS Division.
It's my premise we should never refer to these leftist media outlets without first tagging them as a division of the DNC. Why should we extend respect to them? Why should we reference them in a manner that they would like us to, as a bonified news organization? In truth, there's no valid reason why we should, and every reason not to. When we refer to them simply as ABC, we are lending them an air of legitimacy. IMO, those days should be behind us.
From now on, we should reference all leftist entities in this manner. If they clean up their act, we can talk about referencing them in another manner. Until then, they are the DNC's (insert name here) Division.
If this caught on, you would see folks on FoxNews referencing these outlets as the DNC's New York Times Division. You'd see Michelle Malkin and a lot of other Conservatives in the media telling it like it is for the first time. (Not that Michelle or they wouldn't agree with this, or haven't been frank about the true nature of the media. That's not the point.) If these outlets are going to shill for the DNC, it's time we started making them pay for it. Let their credibility take a hit every time we reference them.
The first phrase out of your mouth is " the DNC's", the second phrase is the name or initials of the institution, and the third part is "Division".
If we do it like this, they will be tagged first and foremost as shills for the DNC. Referencing them as a Division of the DNC is very powerful IMO. If we could get full compliance from our ranks, the media would be framed as never before, accurately across the board.
I wouldn't ask anyone to do this whose opinion didn't coincide with mine. It's my opinion that the media outlets act as a division of the DNC, and I plan on referring to them that way from here on out. If you share that thought, then you can express it because you do. We are not saying these entities are a division. We are saying that in our opinion they act like it, or function like it. We are not slandering them or trying to state they are being paid directly for what they are doing. We are merely expressing an opinion about what they are doing.
This could be used to describe universities and other entities as well. Those entities that are in the tank for the DNC and it's causes, should be outed.
It takes a little time, but it doesn't cost a dime.
A very good start. BUMP! Next we can get down to individual reporters/journalists (off sarcasm) as enablers/co-conspirators/propagandists/mouthpieces for the criminally infested ‘rat party as we examine their body of work, their “nuanced” positions, their one-way conversation, their deception by omission.
Definitions are the guardians of reason and logic.
I think it’s sufficient to merely list them as... “Charlie Gibson from the DNC’s ABC Division”. It tags him, and reminds folks what his parent organization is up to, thus what he is actually up to.
Your what?
DNC Journalist John Gibson, ABC Division.
DNC Mouthpiece Chris Matthews, MSNBC Hardball Division.
DNC Anchor Katie Couric, CBS Division. (For Starters)
My example here in post #22. (Thanks to Jonah Goldberg)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2083302/posts
The interview was OK ... Palin is a typical Alaskan American. Miss Greta throughout these interviews looks so out of place with her brand spankin’ new outdoor duds. Some will call it a puff-piece, which is actually a welcome after all the rancor of late.
All my family & friends are Republicans, so there’s no news there but people at work aren’t even really talking about the election yet...unless I bring it up. ;)
Yep. I’m a clothespin voter this year. But it’s a smaller clothespin with Sarah on board. ;)
My Late night/Early Morning Apologies - Should have read Charlie Gibson, not John Gibson.
Outstanding! Thanks.
My idea...which involves letting the DNC media know exactly what we think of them.
I like your idea better. It doesn't involve prison time - lol!
On board.
The practice could go viral, especially if people used it when speaking, too.
CNN is actually playing it fairly straight on their reporting. Their commentators tend to swing left, but they do have Glen Beck.
That looks good too.
Yeah, I’m sure Gretta does look a little like a city dudette in a country setting. I know what you mean about people not being quite there yet, and as for the clothespin, I agree.
LOL, always a good measure of sanity...
Yes, I agree. Thanks.
I don’t watch CNN, so I’m not a good judge of their content. Beck doesn’t need to be referenced in any manor, but CNN can still be referenced separately if they’re commentators or content lean too far left.
FYI I swear I heard Rush early in his show today refer to DNC’s CNN. :^)
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