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| The Press is the Enemy |
| 2017-02-20 |
| h/t Instapundit Love or hate Donald Trump, one of the reasons he managed to win the election was that he spoke a truth we’ve all known for quite some time now, but which few others were willing to say openly: the press is the enemy of the American people. It’s a sad state of affairs, and indicative of the descent into technocratic government. Some time ago, one of my readers linked a post of mine on Free Republic. He suggested my blog was worth following, for which I can only express my gratitude. But another individual immediately lambasted the original poster with "oh, you follow blogs? I feel sorry for you." It was the sort of self-absorbed, arrogant snark you usually see in places like the Democratic Underground. When it was pointed out to him that the press is blatantly corrupt, and cannot be trusted, he fired back with an insinuation that at least the press is better than amateur bloggers. To be fair, I am not a trained journalist, nor am I even a trained author. My readers have probably noticed errors here and there, and in all likelihood I will continue to make those boneheaded mistakes from time-to-time (I count on my readers to let me know when this happens, of course). But regardless of my own errors, at least it can be said that I am not an enemy of America, her culture, and her way of life. The intrepid anti-blog freeper missed that point. No matter how much training the technocrats in government and media receive, we cannot trust them. They are no longer reporters of facts, they are agents of propaganda as dishonest and skewed as the editors of Pravda. And most of them can't write either |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #13 (Homey) DepotGuy. I've noticed you are out there in outer space lately, out in the moonbat realm. Several journalists were arrested during an anti-trump riot recently where rioters were smashing store front windows, you know, retail places where we get our paychecks. In one major city, the major newspaper journalists called on Muslims to arm up against protesters of Islamic terrorism. In the same city, the same news paper journalists wrote numerous articles smearing Christian churches throughout the city. The Press is the Enemy. Now if you want to keep kissing their asses, post pictures here. |
| Posted by: Bubba Shemble3257 2017-02-20 23:34 |
| #12 Assange is using the phrase 'Weaponized News', which I quite like. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2017-02-20 19:28 |
| #11 We had a joke when I was in the army around '92 that I heard. If you see a guy with an RPG pointed at you, and you see a guy with a video camera, who do you shoot at first? The media guy. They do more damage. The media has not been an enemy to the American people, it has been an enemy to American ideals and values. The entire reason it exists is to convince the American public to march down their path and abandon everything that made this country exceptional. Fortunately we have alternate news now and the MSM is realizing their hold on the public has been broken, most likely forever. They will get more and more unhinged and print more and more stuff to get the ones that follow them to rise up and create havoc, as they know they will disappear if they don't. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2017-02-20 19:28 |
| #10 Communism with it's trail of horrors wouldn't have lasted to almost XXI Century without Western world journalists complicity. Yes the media is the enemy. Because the Media is culturally Marxist. It is the media behavior that created Political Correction a Marxo-Fascist tactic. |
| Posted by: Phaper Crugum8267 2017-02-20 16:56 |
| #9 Sure, DepotGuy, there are honest, patriotic journalists. And there are moderate, peace-loving Muslims. I suspect the whole collection of both would fit into a small car, though. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2017-02-20 16:36 |
| #8 I don't have a problem demonising the media either. The problem isn't so much it's agenda peddling, its that they are all peddling the same Left groupthink agenda. At least until the internet came along and the cost of entry for new media dropped dramatically. What genuinely surprised me is recent surveys showing how little people trust the media. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2017-02-20 16:09 |
| #7 Vague demonization of a collective is a pillar of propaganda. The media hasn't had problems doing that for over 50 years. I have no problems Alinskying them right back. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-02-20 13:35 |
| #6 Abu, your example of that prick Bill Kistol maybe valid. A bit melodramatic with the "declaration of war" stuff but non the less valid. But he is an individual. Let me cut to the chase. Vague demonization of a collective is a pillar of propaganda. And the bloggers assertion that President Trump's tweet is "100% correct" is demonstrably false. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2017-02-20 12:59 |
| #5 To some of us they've been the enemy since 1987. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-02-20 12:09 |
| #4 Has this diminished the integrity of journalism? Yes. Is it a disservice to the "American people"? Absolutely. But "enemy" - not even close that 100% figure. When guys like Bill Kristol tweet that they would prefer the Deep State to Donald Trump they are declaring war on America. Kristol admitted he would prefer a coup d'etat perpetrated by unnamed, unknown forces to a duly elected POTUS. If you don't consider him to be an enemy of the American people then I don't understand your definition of the word enemy. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2017-02-20 10:29 |
| #3 Has this diminished the integrity of journalism? Can't diminish what has already been debased by its owners. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-02-20 10:02 |
| #2 I've had my issues with Donald Trump, and no doubt I will continue to have them. But on this matter he is 100% correct... Not exactly. In the very first paragraph the author misquoted President Trump's original tweet by transposing the words "press" and "media". Minor perhaps but an indication of another one of DT's intentionally proactive statements dismissed with the predictable 'Oh you know what he meant' arguments. Yes much of the Media dislikes Trump the man, his policies, his supporters, and what he represents. And many of them do indeed dishonestly misconstrue the facts for their own political and financial gain. Has this diminished the integrity of journalism? Yes. Is it a disservice to the "American people"? Absolutely. But "enemy" - not even close that 100% figure. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2017-02-20 09:55 |
| #1 Notice the deevolution of the media when they shifted from the apprentice to master guild system to Wizard of Oz piece of paper from academia. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-02-20 09:35 |