Yet the vast majority of the media do not understand why theirs is a declining and failing business model. They are still in denial and cannot accept the reality of the marketplace, as their actions have prompted the American public to lose all confidence in their objectivity and integrity.
The 2012 election season has begun and this same media finds itself in the position of having to defend and reinforce the man they chose to sleep with. They have willingly opted to do exactly that. The mainstream media is systematically pulling out all the stops to destroy any and all viable Republican challengers in an undeclared but understood alliance with the Obama re-election machine.
Rather than objectively analyze the folly of the Obama class warfare strategy and its potential to undermine and destroy societal cohesion, the mainstream media has trumpeted and encouraged this divisive and dangerous strategy. The Occupy Wall Street movement, conceived by Friends of Obama and encouraged by the White House, as well as blessed by many in the media, was intended to further reinforce the war against the rich and redirect the anger and blame for all of America's woes away from the statist policies of the Obama regime. Mitt Romney, who since last summer has been the presumptive opponent to oppose Obama, is in the process of being cast as the capitalist villain in this stage production.
Herman Cain was destroyed by unproven and salacious allegations of sexual harassment. Michele Bachmann was portrayed as wild-eyed and unstable religious fanatic, and Rick Perry was painted as an ignorant, incoherent and unreliable cowboy from Texas. Characterizations that would never be applied to any Democratic candidate.
When it comes to Newt Gingrich there is no ethical barrier too high for the media to tear down in an attempt to marginalize him. Now the specter of an acknowledged bitter ex-wife being given access to a national stage two days before a crucial primary vote in order to vent her side of an emotional and vitriolic divorce saga is considered acceptable, as well as any innuendo or accusation created out of whole cloth. A scenario that would never be contemplated were Newt a liberal Democrat. (1)
Not only do Democrats and the media get away with salacious, muck raking comments and journalism which are bordering on slander and libel but if anybody on the Right should desire to be critical of Obama or Democrats back, they are screamed at as being derogatory, mean, nasty and racist. Caslling Obama the "Food Stamp President" is not racist and comes no where near the vitriolic discourse of the Left.
The Right has talk radio, blogs, and some fairness in FOX News. Conservatives need to support these sources and not lay down and play dead. They need to fight back as Gingrich has done in most of the Republican debates.
A cursory examination of history reveals the catastrophic failure of nations composed of a massive central government siphoning off the wealth of the people in order to reward those the governing regime deems to be acceptable. The media is never among the chosen; in fact it is often the first profession to be marginalized.
Yet like so many on the Left, a majority of the members of the mainstream media are incapable of recognizing their error in blindly supporting the liberal/socialist agenda over the years. Regardless of the evidence at hand, either historic or contemporary, their egos and narcissism so dominate their psyche that admitting a mistake is tantamount to the apocalypse. Thus they appear willing to sacrifice their own future and standard of living by actively campaigning for Obama's re-election rather than honestly report on the lies and machinations of this regime and their devastating impact on future generations. The only outcome the media has guaranteed is the continued decline and degradation of their once noble profession. (1)
(1) The Self-Destruction of the Mainstream Media, by Steve McCann, American Thinker -
http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/01/the_self-destruction_of_the_mainstream_media.html
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