I'm old now; but from the time I was young I have blamed the media for most of the world's problems. Yes: ridiculous, isn't it ? But it always seemed to me that the media have "inside" knowledge of what's going down and don't use it, preferring to pontificate above their various bylines. "Give us the *facts* !!", I was wont to scream, "n…
I'm old now; but from the time I was young I have blamed the media for most of the world's problems. Yes: ridiculous, isn't it ? But it always seemed to me that the media have "inside" knowledge of what's going down and don't use it, preferring to pontificate above their various bylines. "Give us the *facts* !!", I was wont to scream, "never mind the fancy language !!!" (I did use an alliterative word, I admit.)
Had I lived with as much media as you have, I would've maybe been carried off in a fit of rage, foaming at the mouth.
Congratulations for continuing to be able to report on your media's totally infuriating and incomprehensible behaviour.
I am also old and have been carping about the media for years. I remember when they reported on how Nixon’s PR people were working to sell him as the “New Nixon”. Next thing I knew the media were reporting on the New Nixon as if he had gone through a substantive change not a PR makeover. The late, great Jack Germond said that he thought the media buying into the New Nixon fable was one of their great errors.
Just today I was furious to hear a discussion about how our government missed the signs that Trump supporters were getting more and more radicalized without bringing up the fact that in 2009 Republicans — not Trump — threw a tantrum about a DHS report that the threat from right wing extremist groups was serious and getting worse and that military personnel were being recruited. In response to Republicans’ outrage at the focus on right wing extremism and the accurate description of military personnel being recruited DHS rescinded the report. The group responsible for tracking domestic terrorist groups was disbanded. Had that group continued our government would have been doing a better job tracking many of the people and groups involved in the attempt to overthrow our government.
The fact that the media quickly dropped their reporting on that story is an example of them having inside knowledge of a growing threat but preferring to ignore it in favor of other preferred storylines to avoid getting hammered by Republicans.
I'm old now; but from the time I was young I have blamed the media for most of the world's problems. Yes: ridiculous, isn't it ? But it always seemed to me that the media have "inside" knowledge of what's going down and don't use it, preferring to pontificate above their various bylines. "Give us the *facts* !!", I was wont to scream, "never mind the fancy language !!!" (I did use an alliterative word, I admit.)
Had I lived with as much media as you have, I would've maybe been carried off in a fit of rage, foaming at the mouth.
Congratulations for continuing to be able to report on your media's totally infuriating and incomprehensible behaviour.
I am also old and have been carping about the media for years. I remember when they reported on how Nixon’s PR people were working to sell him as the “New Nixon”. Next thing I knew the media were reporting on the New Nixon as if he had gone through a substantive change not a PR makeover. The late, great Jack Germond said that he thought the media buying into the New Nixon fable was one of their great errors.
Just today I was furious to hear a discussion about how our government missed the signs that Trump supporters were getting more and more radicalized without bringing up the fact that in 2009 Republicans — not Trump — threw a tantrum about a DHS report that the threat from right wing extremist groups was serious and getting worse and that military personnel were being recruited. In response to Republicans’ outrage at the focus on right wing extremism and the accurate description of military personnel being recruited DHS rescinded the report. The group responsible for tracking domestic terrorist groups was disbanded. Had that group continued our government would have been doing a better job tracking many of the people and groups involved in the attempt to overthrow our government.
The fact that the media quickly dropped their reporting on that story is an example of them having inside knowledge of a growing threat but preferring to ignore it in favor of other preferred storylines to avoid getting hammered by Republicans.