Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: JohnBDay
We have Matt Drudge telling us we should admire Peter Jennings’ accomplishments, for his achievement of becoming a lead anchor for ABC News on television, regardless of his political affections.

And I respond with the question, what about all those journalists who didn’t “achieve” (realize) any advancement within ABC precisely because they didn’t share the left-wing political affections of a Peter Jennings, journalists and war correspondents who went to Vietnam for example, but because they wanted to report a different side of the war that wasn’t part of the leftist agenda to weaken the resolve of the American people, war correspondents who had their own dreams of a career in journalism, an idea of journalism as truthful and trustworthy reporting of the entire story to the American people, journalist who were just a capable, charismatic, and yes more intelligent and much more of a journalist than a Peter Jennings could be, but had their careers and their medium to be a journalist torn from them by ABC because they would not be toadies of the left?

Because I can tell you there is example after example, and we have heard from some of them in recent years thanks to the new media, who reminist and remind us of just how phoney the very phoney liberal news really was, and is, now a legacy media that is dying and with the help of God will die.

I heard a caller, in fact a couple, to Matt Drudge, reminiscing, reminiscing of the days of this legacy media and Peter Jennings, almost as if, telling us of “those days” when we only had ABC, and NBC, and CBS, of a Peter Jennings and the “risks” he took, reminiscing – reminiscing, of what? Of what? Almost as if they actually miss those days?

I don’t miss those days. I don’t look back on those days, and reminisce, as if some of these idiots almost miss “those days” (the good ol’ days?) – what the hell are they thinking?

Those days sucked. And in those days, those days were the days of the big lies, and the big con, and the Big Left.

And in those days, America only have a few voices, from far away, locked away, voices like Dr. Stuart McBirnie, and so many others, forgotten names, because they were persecuted.

Yes. That’s right. Persecuted.

There were many Peter Jennings, of a different sort. But these Peter Jennings, they didn’t climb to the pinnacles of ABC, or NBC, or CBS. They didn’t climb, no, they had their legs cut out from under them, quick and early.

There were many Peter Jennings, who were taken down, by the same people who want to take us down, and take America down.

There were many Peter Jennings, who were better than the Peter Jennings that we are now suppose to worship. But they didn’t get their chance to be a Peter Jennings. Because, they were just, well, too America I guess.

We are told by Matt Drudge, Peter Jennings got to where he was, because he was good at what he did.

I really don’t think that’s the whole story. I really don’t think that’s the true story. In fact, it isn’t the true story.

So, no, I’m not going to get on the band wagon with Matt Drudge, and “reminisce” about Peter Jennings, a face on the media across the fruited plains, and his achievements, and the risks he took. Because, there were a lot of Peter Jennings, but they didn’t share the political affections of this Peter Jennings, and so ABC never allowed, made damn sure, that they would never become a Peter Jennings. And it’s a damn shame ABC is such a biased “media”, to this day, just listen to their day-in, day-out slant of the ABC radio news, which isn’t at all about news, and everything about taking us down. Today, they want us to lose in Iraq, to leave, and, yes, they want the other side to win. Just like in Vietnam. It’s the same old story. The same old story line from ABC News. The same old Peter Jennings. Before they breath their last, ABC will give us another Peter Jennings.

And, that isn’t journalism.

482 posted on 08/07/2005 10:50:27 PM PDT by Brian_Baldwin
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies ]


To: Brian_Baldwin

I am sure some good reporters have gotten tossed aside as people like Jennings are allowed to ascend, but I can't assume no good reporters are ever given an opportunity due to politics.

Brit Hume used to be an ABC correspondent.


529 posted on 08/08/2005 7:12:34 AM PDT by rwfromkansas (http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=rwfromkansas)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 482 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson