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Michelle Malkin Talks Van Jones And Media Corruption
Michelle Malkin says pretty much everything that needs to be said about Van Jones, his resignation, the corrupt media, and the Obama administration in her latest blog post. I don’t really have anything to add — so just read it.
-Chris Jones
Chutzpah: Obama Thanks ‘Gracious’ Press
This stink bomb from AFP:
Democrat Barack Obama made a rare foray to the press section of his campaign plane early Tuesday — election day — to thank reporters for accompanying him on his grueling 21-month ride.
…”But you guys have been gracious and understanding,” he said, following conservative criticism of the press for its coverage of Obama, as his plane prepared to depart after a huge rally in Virginia for Chicago.
“It’s been a good long ride with all of you,” the Illinois senator said. “Whatever happens tomorrow (Tuesday) it’s going to be extraordinary and you guys have shared this process with us.”
He certainly has plenty to thank them for. If he wins the election it won’t be because of his socialist/marxist ideas, it will be because the press did everything it could to hide his flaws.
-Chris Jones
Mainstream Media Running For Cover After Ignoring Edwards Scandal
Most Americans know the media is totally corrupt, and the refusal to cover the John Edwards scandal was the final straw. Now the mainstream media is running for cover while offering a wide range of excuses, but assuring readers that “liberal bias” had absolutely nothing to do with it — nothing at all.
I think Jennifer Rubin at Commentary Magazine said it best:
The Edwards mess is the most recent and visible, but hardly unique, example of the mainstream media’s hear no evil/see no evil approach to newsgathering. How many other stories has the MSM missed, denied or avoided? From Rathergate to Reverend Wright to the success of the surge, the pattern is the same: MSM stalls, shuffles its collective feet, and doggedly ignores information for as long as possible until they can no longer do so with a straight face. The fact that these stories without exception work to the detriment of Democrats is apparently a grand coincidence.
I don’t think the excuses are gonna hold any water with the vast majority of Americans this time. The Edwards story was a defining moment for the mainstream press and they failed miserably. Journalistic standards seem to only matter when the subject of a story happens to be a liberal Democrat.
Howard Kurtz sums up the absurdity of the MSM pretty well in his column this morning:
When critics, especially on the right, accused the media of protecting a Democrat because of liberal bias, journalists were unable to respond, because to do so would be to acknowledge the very thing they were declining to report.
Probably the most laughable excuse that continues to come up over and over again is the Elizabeth Edwards factor. The media was hesitant to cover the story out of sympathy and respect for Elizabeth Edwards given her battle with cancer.
Wow, I had no idea the media was so compassionate. When did this start? Seems a little convenient that the blood sucking vampires that make up the mainstream press had a sudden attack of conscience. The fact that John Edwards is a long time favorite of the far left is a complete coincidence — honesty, I swear.
Maybe I’m just being too cynical. When you really think about it, this sudden attack of conscience by the media may have started before the Edwards scandal. The media didn’t want to cover Rathergate out of respect for Dan Rather’s long and illustrious career. I can only assume the refusal to cover the success of the surge was out of respect for all the slain insurgents. Using the same rationale, I’m guessing that reluctance to cover Rev. Wright in the beginning was out of respect for the church.
It’s all starting to make sense now — or not.
Here’s the best excuse pieces of the day:
-Chris Jones
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