“I think the
media is on thin ice with the American people, very thin ice, and
they ought to just … dial it [their
obvious attacks on Trump] back.” – Hugh Hewett,
conservative radio host on Tuesday, November 22, 2016
Now the election
is over the MSM happily assumed their relationship with
President-elect Donald
Trump would be business-as-usual. Last Monday like turkeys to
the Thanksgiving table, the elitist news executives and their
figurehead
anchors filed into Trump Tower with the expectation of what they
hoped to get: continued unfettered access. What they got was taken
to Trump's woodshed: a barrage of pointed words for a roomful of
unrepentant liars, what The New York Post called a “f***ing firing
squad.” Of course, the fact that this meeting was off-the-record
did not dissuade these media titans from spilling their guts;
probably as soon as they got out of The Donald's earshot. (This
instance is yet another example of their constant underhanded dealing
with Republicans.)
During
the lecture Mr. Trump singled out CNN as the worst offender, but he
was generally critical of the press for their widespread hatchet job
reporting. Purveyors of liberal
doctrine like The Washington Post's Dana Milbank called the
meeting “part tongue-lashing, part perp walk.” And why not,
given their habitual yellow
journalism lacking even the semblance of objectivity?
While
everyone is entitled to private opinions, journalism is supposed to
be neutral and fact-based. Yet, leaf through any major metropolitan
paper: at a rate
of 93%, these “journalists” are nothing more than
progressive ideologues spouting Democratic Party talking points.
Despite eight years of Barack
Obama's epic economic and international
failures, they have nary a critical word for him. Likewise, they
endorsed and defended Hillary
Clinton's lawbreaking criminality—even going so far as to
fundraise
for her! Who but them did everything in
their power to promote her (failed) candidacy?
Indeed, Donald
Trump bested Crooked
Hillary—and her Democratic sycophants
and surrogates in the press. In a begrudging moment of clarity
The Washington Post's Margaret Sullivan acknowledged:
“He has masterfully manipulated
the media for the past 18 months—bullying reporters, garnering
billions in free publicity and portraying journalists as part of the
corporate structure that must be brought down so that the people can
triumph.”
For decades, truer
words have not been printed in the Post. Yet, despite her admission
Ms. Sullivan's perspective is still way off the mark. This cog of
the legacy press laughably believes her profession—as it currently
stands—is nonpartisan:
“In fact, U.S. citizens need an
independent press more than ever.”
Ah, if only
that was so! In reality, the corporate media is corrupted by
Democratic collaborators—“unbiased journalist” pretenders—like
herself and Dana Milbank. These liberal scribblers misperceive
Donald Trump—a truly
independent voice for mainstream America—as the “problem”
rather than themselves. Therefore, their petulant affect and defiant
tone deafness are completely out of sync with our nation's character.
As that is the case, how honest or valuable can their reporting be?
The answer is not at all.
The reality
remains that the journalistic neutrality of their ilk is nowhere
present. Ms. Sullivan and her fellow travelers populating the MSM
share responsibility and blame for this—not the president-elect.
Theirs is classic psychological projection: unrecognized
self-reproach. Recall, the Fourth Estate was intended to be
generally adversarial to both political parties and government;
keeping them theoretically accountable to the people by accurately
reporting on their activities. Yet, this function is impossible due
to the MSM's fundamental flaw: naked
political bias. Even worse, the MSM only attempts to “watchdog”
Republicans, but never
their Democratic counterparts.
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