Quote: “Reagan COMPLETELY circumnavigated the MSM in his day by talking directly to the people. Unfortunately, that takes SPECIAL LEADERSHIP qualities which there is a TOTAL ABSENCE of at this point.”
That was in the days when the Media’s bias was only in front of the camera. Now, it is behind it at the highest levels. The powers that be decide that they simply won’t cover anything that does not fit their agenda. If today Reagan were President and he wanted to make a speech addressing the fiscal cliff, the media would ensure that no network carried it.
It is very frustrating. As the MSM loses more power in the traditional news market, and it is losing power, it becomes more shrill and corrupt. Right now, the rate at which it is corrupt is outstripping the rate at which it is losing power. In other words, peopole might not watch as much network news anymore but to the extent they do, they are getting not biased news, but outright propaganda worthy of a dictatorship.
If you really believe that then GIVE UP and go sit in the corner.
An individual with REAL LEADERSHIP qualities has POWER and CHARISMA that extends beyond the bounds of any control, media or otherwise.
There have been many LEADERSHIP variations on many levels of life that they've attempted to quash but their particular POWER and essence were so in tune with the times that they could not be quelled.
Examples run the gamut ranging from Jesus Christ to Elvis Presley, the Beatles, and even Ronald Reagan who the media disparaged at every turn.
Times always CHANGE, but TRUE LEADERSHIP in any walk of life always bears the same qualities. They CANNOT be extinguished because they're DESTINED to LEAD.