Media Bias

Posted by Jim Mullen on February 15, 2010 under How | Be the First to Comment

It is in the best interest of tyrannical government to have a disreputable news media. The mainstream news media have become more scandalous and less believable than government.

Beginning with an agenda – usually far-left – they filter, formulate and frame world events to promote their agendas. Learning well from Hollywood, these purveyors of persuasion use the camera lens and mighty pen to create illusions designed to indoctrinate and ignite passions.

Add in a barrage of brilliant marketing techniques that would make Madison Avenue ad men envious and what we have is mainstream media news.

Rather than shining a light into the dark corners of government, they prefer to direct the spotlight on themselves or their cause. Journalists from main-stream news networks and newspapers – many suffering from “power envy” – use rumors, innuendos, opinions and the infamous “anonymous sources” to present their distorted version of the truth.

They follow with polling to see if our education is complete. Several members of the main-stream media have been caught totally fabricating sources and stories. Are these people blessed with expansive imaginations or simply liars?

The New York Times, the center of the liberal’s universe, is also the center of the media universe. An alarming number of national stories reported by television and newspapers around the world quote The Times as their source. The American people are left never knowing fact from fiction because the majority of all world news is reported and controlled by a few mega-corporations. Throw in the tripe from the Internet and we’re left with a dangerous level of induced ignorance.

Civilization would be better served, and millions of lives could be saved if the truth were always known, communicated and believed. Unfortunately, those with the knowledge and power wish to use both to indoctrinate rather than educate.

We know more about the private lives of celebrities than we do about the positions, ideas and voting records of our representatives. The front page is used as an editorial page, and the term “arrogance of power” applies more to media than government. A healthy distrust of government is the only sensible method for maintaining freedoms, but our watchdogs have been busy striking poses and baying at the moon.

This article was originally posted on Jim Mullen’s blog at http://freedomforusnow.com/