Could NOT care less, could NOT care less, could NOT care less.
Posted on 01/25/2018 5:14:06 AM PST by markomalley
Fair enough...
Journalists know (“If it bleeds, it leads”) that they are negative. Thus, for a journalist to claim objectivity is tantamount to claiming that “negativity is objectivity.” There is one small problem with such a claim; “the conceit that negativity is objectivity” is quite workable as definition of cynicism.Journalism is cynical about society. But as Thomas Paine makes clear in the first paragraphs of Common Sense, “government" is not a synonym for “society.” "Society in every state is a blessing, but Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil . . .” Any criticism of society will function as an occasion for a “there oughta be a law” response. So skepticism about society is inversely proportional to skepticism about government.
An American conservative is skeptical enough about society to believe in the necessity of some government, but is skeptical about government as well, and wants it strictly limited. That is a middle ground, temperate position. Socialism, precisely as “objective” journalism, is cynical about society and naive about government.
Journalists have, however, lightened up on claiming objectivity since the advent of Donald Trump as a Republican leader. They are frothing at the mouth too much to maintain the imposture.
I noticed Jean S hasn’t posted since 2014. She is what got me banned in 2011, right after I moved to KY, using my phone for the first time to try to post.
Maybe JimRob gave him another screen name for his protection.
But the timing and Occam’s razor say you are correct.
It took Bernard Goldberg twenty years to realize Dan Rather was biased.
Well, you’re correct - nobody ever listens to me, LOL!
The RatherBiased.com website (doesn’t exist anymore except in the Wayback Machine...) used to be a treasure trove of all that is Gunga Dan.
Buckhead’s post made plausible the concept of “fake news.” Without a conclusively established example of institutional fabrication, “fake news” would be consigned by established media to the realm of tin-foil hat wearing nut jobs. The media still tries to do that, but they can’t say it never happens.
Could NOT care less, could NOT care less, could NOT care less.
We all cheered, and then the vile Bush betrayed Reagan’s legacy to his globalist masters.
I remember that broadcast. It was the last time I switched the channel to SeeBS News.
Thanks for the correction. It’s important the right soul gets credit for that fantastic act of discovering the truth.
Bush should have mentioned Rather wetting his bed to get out of the Marines.
Never had heard of that before and looked it up on youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wItUjFU1i4M
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