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jwhop
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posted May 06, 2010 09:02 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for jwhop     Edit/Delete Message
If you ever wondered if tens of millions of Americans are right to view the so called MSN as agents of, propaganda artists for and political activists on behalf of....the demoscat party; this article should clear it all up for you.

I don't give a flip whether one is a Democrat, Republican or Independent.

This is about "Journalism"...the "Communication" of the "News" to the end users, citizens and it's about what so called "Journalism" has become.

There is a US Senate race in Illinois with political implications for Obama because the Senate seat is his old seat in the US Senate.

The Democrat candidate..with ties to Obama was president of a bank there which he ran into the ground to the degree it became insolvent and had to be taken over by the federal government which had to guarantee it's deposits to it's depositor customers.

The Republican candidate has made the Democrat candidate's role in that bank a campaign issue and considering this is a race for a US Senate seat and the US Senate is heavily involved in Bank issues...it's a legitimate issue.

The CBS affiliate station in Chicago is now saying they won't devote any news coverage to the Republican candidate if he continues to use the Democrat candidate's connection with the failed bank..which was under his control and direction...in his campaign.

This isn't about slanted news coverage. This is about making a candidate disappear from the air waves of the largest city in Illinois; AND, it's about shutting up the candidate who is running against their guy.

So, is this what the majority of Americans believe the job of the press is all about?

Chicago Affiliate Won’t Cover GOP Senate Candidate if He Continues to Hammer Dem Opponent on Bank Scandal

"Now we have the spectacle of one of the major local stations in Chicago threatening not to cover the campaign if the Republican continues to discuss the most damaging aspect of his opponent’s record. Is this the role of an FCC licensed station, entrusted with the role of serving the public interest in relation to a free-flow of information for the citizenry?

Maybe in Chicago it is."
http://bigjournali sm.com/sright/2010/05/05/audio-chicago-cbs-2-wont-cover-senate-campaign-if-gop-candidate-continues-to-hammer-dem-opponent-on-bank-scandal/

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katatonic
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posted May 06, 2010 11:57 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for katatonic     Edit/Delete Message
the reassuring side of this jwhop, is that when things get to their critical mass point, the balance tips and heads in the other direction. the scary side is that it may actually take a lot of people putting their actual lives on th e line to correct this travesty...

i do not for one minute think it is one-sided though. manipulation of the press thru whatever means are used has become more and more blatant on both sides as i see it.

the interesting UPside of this is that even our local FOX station (radio) has included some quite reasonable people on its roster lately...they are still generally conservative but in a more independent way. the sensationalist hannity style sloganeering it would seem has gotten old for many listeners and to keep the advertisers and money happy they have felt compelled to tone it down at least a few hours a day.

chicago has always been run by the democratic machine, not the national one but the local one...its about time people stumped up a little righteous anger if you ask me!

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jwhop
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posted May 08, 2010 10:23 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for jwhop     Edit/Delete Message
katatonic, the main stream media is so lopsidedly leftist that there is almost no balance in news coverage.

The fact is, they're not doing their jobs. They're not even doing the job they SAY they're there to do.

After elevating themselves to the position of champion watchdogs of "America's Right to Know", these sleazy political activists and propaganda artists never barked and told America what they needed to know about Barack Hussein O'Bomber...or O'Biden for that matter.

As watchdogs of "America's Right to Know", they aren't worth the powder to blow them to hell.

May 08, 2010
'Vote for the Crook. It's Important.'
By Jed Skillman

If you ever wonder why politics in the State of Illinois is such a bucket of worms, you need look no further than the shot a CBS Chicago bureau producer fired at Republican US Senate nominee, Mark Kirk the other day.

Said CBS producer, Ed Marshall told Kirk in front of a live mike;

"Channel 2's made a decision. We're really not going to cover the Senate race if it consistently, only in your terms, is about Broadway Bank. The bank's been taken over by the government, Alexi's been pilloried. Tell me: what is your campaign going forward? What are the issues that you are going to tell the voters why they should vote for you?"

In other words, The Broadway Bank collapse is not going to be investigated further by the media, and hence forth it is off-limits as a campaign issue. CBS was telling Kirk to button his lip -- or else.

Why is this significant? Because the "Alexi" in the above quote is none other than the former VP and Chief Loan Officer of the bankrupt Broadway Bank, Alexi Giannoulias, who currently is the Democratic Senate nominee. CBS doesn't want to rock any boats here.

The media's gripe with Kirk is that he is making a campaign issue of the bank's collapse and of it's nearly $400 Million dollar cost to taxpayers. Continually harping on the matter makes it tough for the media to run soft coverage of the Giannoulias campaign. They continually have to brush aside tough financial issues in order to get to the warm and fuzzies about his recent marriage or his love of Bulls basketball.

And in an election climate where being labeled a " banker" is not a resume-enhancer, Giannoulias needs all the media help he can get.

What CBS does not want to happen is for Illinois voters to ask themselves "Does a bank failure matter?" After all, in the grand scheme of things, what is another $400 million? Billions and Trillions are tossed around every day. Right now, there are so many zeros on the end of the Federal budget deficit that the number runs off the edge of the page.

But, to answer the question - darn right it matters! Somebody has to pay it back. And we know just as sure as the sun rises in the east that the bill is not going to be paid by Democratic-connected insiders. It's going to be taken out of the accounts of everyday people, one way or another.

Another thing the media would rather not concern voters with is the fact that a lot of the missing Broadway Bank money was lent to Chicago Mob figures. Locally, these are termed "juice loans". Believe it or not, Giannoulias lent some $20 Million to felons who were already convicted and were awaiting sentencing at the time the loans were made. This kind of banking is straight out of The Sopranos. Yet, to CBS news Mob connections are not a disqualifier for public office. Today's Democratic Party is a big tent.

CBS's real problem is the fact that Illinois politics are conducted inside a house of mirrors, and everywhere they look they see a crook.

Alexi Giannoulias happens to be the Democratic Party nominee for Barack Obama's old US Senate seat, the same seat that former Illinois Governor Rod "Blago" Blagojevich attempted to sell for $5 Million dollars just a year and a half ago. The "Blago" trial is set to start in June. A key witness is expected to be money-man Anton "Tony" Rezko, who also helped fix things so Barack and Michelle Obama could buy their Hyde Park house at below market price. Did you follow all of that? And we haven't even mentioned two recent suspicious suicides or Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and the gaggle of Alderman and City officials under investigation.

This is the kind of furniture in the room that the Mainstream Media in Illinois has to tip-toe around every day. There are crooks everywhere that need to be ignored. And, all the mouthing-off that Mark Kirk is doing is just making CBS's job of keeping this Senate seat in Democratic control a lot tougher.

To further move the narrative along, in 2006 Giannoulias got himself elected State Treasurer of Illinois. On the good side, at age 30 he was the youngest treasurer elected in state history. On the bad side, his record in Springfield is similar to his record at the Broadway Bank. Illinois finances are a mess; per capita taxpayer debt is second only to California. Here's an example; recently Illinois Bright Start, a State program that allowed parents to send money to Springfield to pre-pay for their kid's college tuition, was found to have lost $85 Million dollars.

While we have to admire Giannoulias; thrown off, he gets right back on the horse and failing at one thing - at the bank or at the Treasurer's job - he dusts himself off and attacks his next goal.

But, what about CBS? Do they get to decide what to gloss over, what's important and what is not? In an era of economic trouble aren't a candidate's financial blunders worthy of public notice, even if that candidate happens to be a Democrat? Has the mainstream media become that useless?

I never thought I would think of Mark Kirk for more than two seconds. I didn't vote for him in the primary. He is what is known as a "moderate" Republican. One thing's for sure, though; he hasn't cost taxpayers a dime. Between Kirk and Giannoulias how tough a choice can it be?

Illinois is one of the battlegrounds in the 2010 elections. There are a lot of these local battles all over the country and each one is important to the future of America. No matter where you live there is a tough race that needs your help. Go ahead. Drive the media nuts: make the commitment to work for good, clear-thinking candidates this fall.

Here in Chicago CBS news has gotten involved for their guy. For them, the old Democratic Party slogan is the order of the day: "Vote for the Crook. It's Important."
http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/05/vote_for_the_crook_its_importa_1.html

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katatonic
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posted May 08, 2010 11:48 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for katatonic     Edit/Delete Message
can't argue with what they're doing there. don't know enough about it for starters. but i do know that chicago would be better named daley city and has been corrupt as long as my parents could remember...

there is plenty of slant to the other side too though. i don't think it is just the democrats or left side of the table that uses the press for its own ends.

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jwhop
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posted May 08, 2010 01:30 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for jwhop     Edit/Delete Message
Please name all the right leaning press outlets in the main stream media.

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AbsintheDragonfly
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posted May 08, 2010 01:47 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for AbsintheDragonfly     Edit/Delete Message
how about the Wall Street Journal?

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jwhop
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posted May 08, 2010 02:26 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for jwhop     Edit/Delete Message
Wall Street Journal

Is that the only right leaning press outlet you can find among the main stream media?

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AbsintheDragonfly
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posted May 09, 2010 12:13 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for AbsintheDragonfly     Edit/Delete Message
*sticks her tongue out* PFTT.

Give me a bit

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AbsintheDragonfly
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posted May 09, 2010 12:19 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for AbsintheDragonfly     Edit/Delete Message
ok how about these?

* Accuracy in Media
* Avinu News Avinu News.com
* Citizens United
* The Conservative Voice conservativevoice.com
* Conservatives Forum conservativesforum.com
* Constitution Society constitution.org
* Cybercast News Service
* Drudge Report
* Ether Zone etherzone.com
* The Federal Observer federalobserver.com
* Federal Review federalreview.com
* Fox News: Bill O'Reilly (O'Reilly Factor); Shepard Smith; Greta Van Susteren; Brit Hume; Rita Crosby
* Free Republic
* FrontPageMag.com
* GOPUSA
* Hannity & Colmes (Fox News)
* Human Events Online humaneventsonline.com
* LewRockwell.com lewrockwell.com
* Media Research Center: "Tracking Liberal Media Bias Since 1996."
* MensNewsDaily.com
* Move America Forward
* Mullings mullings.com
* National Review Online
* NewsMax NewsMax.com
* The Patriotist patriotist.com
* Restoring America restoringamerica.org
* RightMarch.com / rightmarch.com
* Right Wing News rightwingnews.com
* Rush Limbaugh
* Sierra Times sierratimes.com
* Talon News (see article)
* Town Hall
* Wall Street Journal Opinion opinionjournal.com
* Washington Times
* Weekly Standard
* WorldNetDaily

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jwhop
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posted May 10, 2010 10:10 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for jwhop     Edit/Delete Message
Hmmm, I thought we were talking about "main stream media" sources AD.

O'Bomber declines to think of even Fox News as a news organization. I think the the so called journalists at the NY Times, Washington Post, NBC, CBS, ABC would decline to think of any of the outlets you listed as members of the MSM...except for the WSJ.

Indeed, there are only a few conservative MSM sources in the US; while all the broadcast news media and almost all large city newspapers take a decidely leftist slant of the news.

**edit**

Oh yeah...and the Washington Times...which is up for sale.

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AbsintheDragonfly
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posted May 11, 2010 12:34 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for AbsintheDragonfly     Edit/Delete Message
That's the problem with the media. They think that only that which is on the TV is "main stream" I think it's the internet which is main stream. THey just haven't caught up yet...

The newspaper is a dying media, along iwth TV.

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jwhop
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posted May 11, 2010 08:44 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for jwhop     Edit/Delete Message
Well, we can agree the so called MSM is a dying dinosaur.

But even their on line Internet news outlets are not well received by the American people.

This is what happens when soooo many people work so hard at peeing in their own wells .

Almost no one will drink the water.

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