How powerful is the media?
The Media has more control over our day to day lives than most of us would like to admit. If you don’t believe me just ask yourself what are the most important things that are going on today? Is it Cindy Sheean’s antics? Maybe it is the amount of time that President Bush spends in Crawford? Is it the non story involving Karl Rove? Is it the supposed troubles that our armed forces are facing in Iraq? How about the Nataliee Halloway story? Or John Robert’s confirmation battle that isn’t set to begin until next month? Why did you answer what you answered? Was it because you honestly think that these are the most important things facing the world today, or is because they are the things that take up the most time on the news? Do we think that these are the stories that are important to us because they actually are, or because CNN tells us that they are? In this article I will cover some of the stories that the media has not paid any attention to and give some explanation for why they have been so totally ignored.
There is a storm brewing down south, no it isn’t another hurricane (that would have made the news) I am talking about a storm of repression. I am talking about very real threats to our security that the media is doing us a major disservice by not publicizing them As the rest of the world moves toward freedom and democracy a bunch of old leftists who reached the height of their popularity toward the middle of the last century (Castro and Ortega) are teaming up with some new blood (Chavez) to take one last shot at creating a “communist paradise” (read “oppressive, barbaric hell hole) right off the cost of America. Every day these three evil men are furthering their plots to roll back the freedom that many South Americans have fought and died to attain over the last century; yet I am sure that there are many people reading this blog who had no idea that this was going on. Daniel Ortega (a man who is every bit as evil as Saddam Hussein, Kim Jung Ill and Osama Bin Laden) is doing everything possible to regain power in Nicaragua. He has virtually taken over the Judiciary and is going to extreme lengths to take usurp the countries democratically elected leadership and regain control of what used to be his country. A good friend of his, Hugo Chavez, has become an apprentice to Castro, and is using his oil wealth to support anti US movements. He is trying to spread communism to his neighbors and foster revolutions in countries such as El Salvador.
So why is the media keeping it queit? The answer to that is simple; throughout the Cold War the left has tremendous sympathy for any far left dictator that they could find and they are loath to admit that they were wrong. Or perhaps even more sinisterly they still have those very shame sympathies.
Communism was thoroughly repudiated by the end of the Soviet Union in 1991. It no longer presents a serious ideological threat to the United States but this was not always the case. During the height of the Cold War there were elements of the American left that very strongly supported communism and believed that America should adopt communism. These people happened to be very heavily represented in the media and in Hollywood (also in universities but we can attribute that to kids being stupid). These people in the media knew that communism could never win at the ballot box the American people were far too smart and knowledgeable of their self interest to vote for communism. (Of course the Media would tell you that the people were too stupid to vote for communism and they alone knew the truth, but I think that the voices of 100s of millions of people in the former Soviet Union cast the final ballot in that vote.) Since the American people would never voluntarily accept communism these leftists jumped on the bandwagon of any tin pot dictator who professed to be a communist. They dreamt that these dictators would be successful and that communism would spread across the globe and eventually capture the United States. Now it is too late for them to turn around and admit that they were wrong, and anti-American for some many years, so they choose not to cover the events in South America at all.
Another story that has been thoroughly underreported is the scandal over at air America. Air America is the liberal answer to talk radio. They are currently under investigation by the State of New York for taking a million dollars in illegal funds (read; stealing) from “charities” such as the boys and girls clubs of New York. Why is the media keeping this one so quiet? When Air America first burst onto the scene is it was a media darling. They wanted it to succeed and now that it is floundering in sea of corruption they are trying to “lend a helping hand” by covering up the truth. The meida created a narrative in which Air America was the good guy, and now they are too ashamed to admit that they had it all wrong. The media isn’t concerned with tell the truth, they are far more interested in keep their stories straight and not looking like they were ever wrong.
I think it would be worthwhile for us to pay more attention to how much influence the media has in shaping our public dialogue.
There is a storm brewing down south, no it isn’t another hurricane (that would have made the news) I am talking about a storm of repression. I am talking about very real threats to our security that the media is doing us a major disservice by not publicizing them As the rest of the world moves toward freedom and democracy a bunch of old leftists who reached the height of their popularity toward the middle of the last century (Castro and Ortega) are teaming up with some new blood (Chavez) to take one last shot at creating a “communist paradise” (read “oppressive, barbaric hell hole) right off the cost of America. Every day these three evil men are furthering their plots to roll back the freedom that many South Americans have fought and died to attain over the last century; yet I am sure that there are many people reading this blog who had no idea that this was going on. Daniel Ortega (a man who is every bit as evil as Saddam Hussein, Kim Jung Ill and Osama Bin Laden) is doing everything possible to regain power in Nicaragua. He has virtually taken over the Judiciary and is going to extreme lengths to take usurp the countries democratically elected leadership and regain control of what used to be his country. A good friend of his, Hugo Chavez, has become an apprentice to Castro, and is using his oil wealth to support anti US movements. He is trying to spread communism to his neighbors and foster revolutions in countries such as El Salvador.
So why is the media keeping it queit? The answer to that is simple; throughout the Cold War the left has tremendous sympathy for any far left dictator that they could find and they are loath to admit that they were wrong. Or perhaps even more sinisterly they still have those very shame sympathies.
Communism was thoroughly repudiated by the end of the Soviet Union in 1991. It no longer presents a serious ideological threat to the United States but this was not always the case. During the height of the Cold War there were elements of the American left that very strongly supported communism and believed that America should adopt communism. These people happened to be very heavily represented in the media and in Hollywood (also in universities but we can attribute that to kids being stupid). These people in the media knew that communism could never win at the ballot box the American people were far too smart and knowledgeable of their self interest to vote for communism. (Of course the Media would tell you that the people were too stupid to vote for communism and they alone knew the truth, but I think that the voices of 100s of millions of people in the former Soviet Union cast the final ballot in that vote.) Since the American people would never voluntarily accept communism these leftists jumped on the bandwagon of any tin pot dictator who professed to be a communist. They dreamt that these dictators would be successful and that communism would spread across the globe and eventually capture the United States. Now it is too late for them to turn around and admit that they were wrong, and anti-American for some many years, so they choose not to cover the events in South America at all.
Another story that has been thoroughly underreported is the scandal over at air America. Air America is the liberal answer to talk radio. They are currently under investigation by the State of New York for taking a million dollars in illegal funds (read; stealing) from “charities” such as the boys and girls clubs of New York. Why is the media keeping this one so quiet? When Air America first burst onto the scene is it was a media darling. They wanted it to succeed and now that it is floundering in sea of corruption they are trying to “lend a helping hand” by covering up the truth. The meida created a narrative in which Air America was the good guy, and now they are too ashamed to admit that they had it all wrong. The media isn’t concerned with tell the truth, they are far more interested in keep their stories straight and not looking like they were ever wrong.
I think it would be worthwhile for us to pay more attention to how much influence the media has in shaping our public dialogue.
posted by the-rubber-stamp at 7:29 PM
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