One of the strange things about the right-wing’s Mighty Media Wurlizter is that as it goes about misleading the public and throwing sand in everyone’s eyes, a certain percentage of the consumers of that media maintains their trust in the reporting. The lies are intended to influence the Hoi Polloi, but the elites are supposed to know better. And, then, someone like Sarah Palin or Michele Bachmann comes along and actually believes what they read on World Net Daily or Michele Malkin’s blog. When this happens, it’s kind of embarrassing for everyone. The Stupid isn’t supposed to bleed out and infect actual elected officials.
There’s a world of difference between someone like Alan Keyes taking one for the team and allowing himself to look crazy so that he can lend credence to a theory (Birthers) that undermines confidence in and support for the president, and someone like Bachmann who doesn’t know that a game is being played.
There really isn’t anything that can be rightly called ‘right-wing journalism’ because all right-wing media outlets exist to produce misinformation. If there is a left-wing media bias, it’s that mainstream, non-ideological journalism has a bias in favor of reporting factual information. Right-wing outlets only care about facts in the rare instances when they align with their prime directive (serving the ‘haves’ at the expense of the ‘have-nots’).
There is nothing quite so sad as a politician who actually watches FOX News to learn something truthful.
…….Sadder still when they get elected.
If you don’t believe in government, and aren’t interested in policy details, you’re pretty much left with no ability to participate in the conversation. You end up feeling marginalized and angry and don’t see any option but to stand on the sidelines whining and tossing rotten tomatoes at the people who are actually trying to make things better. On top of that, the corporate media is all too eager to take advantage of your unfortunate mindset in order to advance their agenda, and thus they feed you all kinds of bullshit which you eagerly swallow. This is the dilemma of the modern “conservative.”
It was sort of inevitable however. If their “base” is infected with stupid, they are inclined to vote for someone who is as stupid as they are.
Sarah! Sarah!
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Not World Net Daily, they used the old nemesis of Hillary Clinton!
"But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."In my local newspaper today, there was a letter to the editor regarding the origin of Obama’s birth with the usual talking points. I hadn’t seen one of these yet despite living in a Republican county (Springfield, Illinois). However, the editor of the newspaper did something I never thought I would see here. He acknowledged the writer’s right to free speech, denounced the birther theory himself, and corrected the many non-factual statements in his letter, particularly where it concerned the Constitution. He further stated that some of these letters might be published in the future, but reminded them when making statements about the Constitution, perhaps they had better read it first. That’s progress for this newspaper, believe it or not.
Palin knows a lot about death panels-she ran a few in Alaska.
http://www.themudflats.net/2009/07/15/palins-health-care-priorities-and-alaskas-daughters/