sorry about the spellin my kid drew it when he was 14... sorry about the spellin my kid drew it when he was 14...Cute!
Very nice. My quibble, not that you want one, is that in light of half-century more study of the problem than your son had, I have the opinion that journalism causes "liberalism," rather than being led by it.My rationale is that journalists, being unregulated, have found the way of using printing presses which yields the most fun and profit. And that way does not include internal ideological competition. Reagan's "Eleventh Commandment" is, "Thou shalt not criticize a fellow Republican." The establishment which calls itself "objective journalism" enforces a strict pecking order:
- journalists are not to be pecked, and if you attack a journalist's objectivity then you are not a journalist.
- People who are not journalists but who promote the idea that talking (e.g., second guessing) is more important than doing) may be pecked lightly but are to be given favorable PR and called good things like "moderate" or (before the term was run into the ground) "liberal." These include:
- Celebrities
- Professors
- Trial lawyers.
- Rich people who use their money for "liberal" causes.
- Poor people - provided they do not get uppity and try to actually accomplish things and/or espouse middle class values.
- People who do things instead of just talking are a threat to the idea that talking is the important thing. Therefore they are to be pecked, and second guessed, mercilessly. Such people are naturals for the Republican Party, and are to be labeled Right Wing Extremists and other perjoratives. They include:
- Businessmen, esp Walmart
- Police and the military
- The middle class generally, particularly white people.
- Serious Christians.