Posted on 08/22/2010 5:19:47 PM PDT by Lazamataz
This last summer, it was widely (and embarassingly) reported that a shadowy internet group had formed with the intent to 'discuss' (read: orchestrate, collude, plan and slant) the news. This group of approximately 400 journalist from many different 'media' outlets had met regularly to decide on what -- and how -- the news would be presented. From WikiPedia:
JournoList (sometimes referred to as the J-List)[1] was a private Google Groups forum for discussing politics and the news media with 400 journalists, academics and others, all with political views ranging from centrist to center-left to leftist. Ezra Klein, an American blogger for the Washington Post and a columnist for Newsweek, created the online forum in February 2007 and shut it down in June 2010. >It appears that, although the Google Groups forum was disbanded, that many media types are meeting and colluding again. How else can you explain the similarity in assumptions (and nearly-identical wording, in many cases) of the lead sentence, or sometimes even the headline, of the following articles?
Note how they all inject a judgment call ('incorrectly', or 'wrongly'), in their so-called news reporting. They all, and at the same time, present a prejudicial term, as if to say, "Everyone already KNOWS how wrong they are and how right we are."
Now, I suppose it is POSSIBLE that many media outlets came up with nearly the exact same meme at the exact same time. It is also possible that one article circulated with minor alterations, to be repeatedly published.
But I have seen the JournoList before, and have read their emails whereinwhich they colluded to present a unified front on how things were to be phrased.
I can no longer assume random chance, when malice and planning have been demonstrated before.
It is. Three members of JournoList formed Cabalist when Ezra Klein shut down JournoList. At least 173 of the J-listers joined Cabalist. Now that their collusion has been outted, they see no reason to hide it.
Because they’re so darned cute, they make him smile, that’s why.
Ooohhhhhhh!
Can’t have that!
The old media realize that their market has been reduced to the hard left wing of the American body politic, and they cling to that last thread. Those seven figure salaries will soon be gone, but the old timers have made theirs, and will ride the diminishing gravy train to the bitter end.
Even MSNBC’s Morning Joe replaced a worn out radio program, and the radio program was far superior to Joe and Mika.
Better stated, “Ninety-nine percent of media idiots wrongly believe Obama is not a muslim/islamite”.
Imagine, if the entire cadre of presstitutes were on OUR side, for just one election cycle!!!???!!!
In Japan it’s called “Kisshya Kai” —press cartel. Membership is formal, non-members physically excluded.
They get 2gether after, say, the meeting with the press conference with the cabinet member and then they DECIDE what was said, who will report what, and when.
The upshot is that everyone feels realllly professional, and they end up beholden to their sources —they are de-facto extensions of “the system”.
Scandals end up reported by all, yes, but the critical detail is that they’re always BROKEN by the “alien space baby”-rag with the gurabia photos of the girl with her books exploding out of her impossibly tiny bikini top.
If you want the REAL Jap news, read the whore rags.
SAMIZDAT —coming to the USA soon.
Makes one wonder just what WASN’T reported for all those years before there was an internet, doesn’t it?
books = boobs.
Sorry.
>>If you want the REAL Jap news, read the whore rags.<<
You mean like the National Enquirer breaking the John Edward’s story?
FR is Samizdat.
Well done. I noticed the editorial insertion in all of those headlines and articles over the past few days.
The state controlled media doesn’t even have to be sly any more.
(For me) It feels SOOOO RIGHT to be SOOOO WRONG.
I can’t stand to watch any news. Even less so now that the hot weather chick on channel 8 has moved on.
Welcome back Laz.
Cute pic.
yep..! I love it.
This probably isn’t up to Buckhead standards, but it’s the best I could do. :)
Case in point.
Ground Zero mosque protestors are Nazi’s.
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