Posted on 08/03/2007 5:47:17 PM PDT by Congressman Billybob
Journalism is by its nature negative, superficial, and unrepresentative. "If it bleeds, it leads" illustrates journalism's negativity. "'Man Bites Dog' not 'Dog Bites Man'" illustrates that journalism is unrepresentative of the big picture of the society it reports on. And "There's nothing more worthless than yesterday's newspaper" - a.k.a., "Always meet your deadline," a.k.a. "The show must go on" - illustrates journalism's superficiality.Fox News Channel is IMHO just as superficial as any other news outlet, and just as unrepresentative. It is slightly less negative toward the people who get things done in America, tho, and that is enough to get it labeled "conservative."
I put "conservative" in scare quotes not only because FNC is not as "conservative" as FReepers but because "conservative" is used by journalism as a negative label for anyone not sufficiently enthusiastic about criticism and second guessing of the leaders of the police, the military, and business who get things done for America. As the environmental movement illustrates, America's so-called "conservatives" are far more enthusiastic about progress than are America's so-called "progressives" - and we also are far more enthusiastic about liberty than are America's so-called "liberals."
Mencken would say — Mencken did say — that “nobody ever went broke by underestimating the taste of the American people.”
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A more accurate statement would be: “No one ever went broke by underestimating the taste of Americans who are regular consumers of main stream media products”. There has always been a significant subset of our countrymen who were not customers of these sources, which probably accounts for most of the residual freedoms we continue to enjoy.
The news are now produced as entertainment shows interested in ratings instead of just plain informative spots. While it appeals to the sheeple, it also dehumanizes tragedies. This dehumanization re-enforces our perception that life is cheap. Sad.
I think they prefer "reactionary". Or "Nazies", who were in fact progressive socialists.
The taking of Iwo Jima required more than 4 days—the capture of Mount Suribachi took place four days after the invasion began, but the entire island wasn’t under US control until about a month later.
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