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"Especially in a time of national crisis, the most patriotic thing journalists can do is to remain as objective as possible,"

It's like Alice In Wonderland logic.

In a NATIONAL crisis, a PATRIOTIC American journalist should remain OBJECTIVE.

Welcome to bizarro world.

I have said it before and I will say it again. Politically correct thinking will be the end of the United States of America.

"Especially in a time of national crisis, the most patriotic thing journalists can do is to remain as objective as possible,"

I agree with that statement ... even as I question the media's reasons for adopting this policy.

"Crisis is the rallying cry of the tyrant," so said James Madison. Madison also observed that war is the greatest threat to freedom. The reason is quite simple. A crisis is a time when people trust their government the most ... and when corrupt politicians grab for more power - presumably because no one is looking - and Americans are being patriotic to "do whatever is necessary" to conquer crisis X.

As such, we need someone or something that can sort of stand outside the crisis and critique it. Unfortunately, in America, that WOULD NOT be the "mainstream" media. I think it's laughable that the media think they can honestly play this role.

If you want a case history of what happens when everyone (including the media) become an amen corner for government, look no further than FDR's New (Raw) Deal. There were critics, to be sure. But they were few and far between. Imagine if the media actually did its job then. Things could have been different.

"Especially in a time of national crisis, the most patriotic thing journalists can do is to remain as objective as possible,"

Does that mean, when things were going well, they weren't objective as possible? They're now admitting that they weren't objective before, because they didn't need to be patriotic?

Liberals have never believed in logic. All they believe is that they're entitled to say whatever they feel at the moment, without consequence. What they said or did even a few minutes earlier no longer exists. "Fairness" demands we judge them only on their currently stated intentions.

What an idiotic bunch of airheads.