Posted on 10/18/2008 3:04:40 AM PDT by Tom_Busch
Two years ago, ABC’s Brian Ross broke wide open the scandal of Republican Rep. Mark Foley sending sexual Internet messages to Congressional pages. Foley resigned quickly, but that didn’t dampen the story. We reported "On the ABC, CBS, and NBC morning and evening news programs, from the story’s emergence on Friday night, September 29, through Wednesday morning, October 11, the Big Three networks have aired 152 stories." On October 11's Good Morning America, news anchor Christopher Cuomo spoke insistently: "Less than a month before the elections and the Mark Foley scandal just keeps growing." Reporter Jake Tapper added: "This is the scandal that will not go away."
But what about a scandal that will not be acknowledged? Even when a network breaks the story? On October 13, ABC reporter Brian Ross broke the news on his Blotter blog that Rep. Tim Mahoney, the Democrat who replaced Mark Foley in the House, who ran on returning morality to Congress, "agreed to a $121,000 payment to a former mistress who worked on his staff and was threatening to sue him." The FBI is now investigating. ABC has audio of him yelling at the mistress (with profanities) that she's fired. Mahoney didn’t resign. He’s running for reelection.
Number of ABC stories on the morning and evening newscasts? Zero.
Number of CBS stories? Zero.
Number of NBC stories? Zero.
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As bad as it is, it may get a lot worse. Right now, the MSM is the propaganda organ of the Democrat party. If the Democrats get control of the presidency and get a stronger control over congress, the MSM will in effect become the propaganda ministry of a one-party state. Conservative talk radio will be banned, and they will try to censor the Internet. I don’t know how they will censor print media. Probably some old liberal Justices who at least are sympathetic to freedom of speech will retire and be replaced with Marxists who are solidly against freedom of speech. Then we will have a Soviet-style media and Soviet-style censorship.
Only problem with that is you will find even bogus stories are repeated as truth over and over until people actually believe them (as long as they hurt Republicans, that is.)
Stop watching the MSM.
Get rid of your cable.
Cancel that newspaper subscription.
Stop paying them to be indoctrinators and forcing their ideology.
It is really quite simple, isn't it?
The entire Foley thing was created by the enemedia and nurtured by conservative talkers. It was a disgusting thing to watch and listen to.
Let’s repeat it again...PING!!!
Stop watching the MSM.
Get rid of your cable.
Cancel that newspaper subscription.
Stop paying them to be indoctrinators and forcing their ideology.
JoMa
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