When I was a kid in the Golden Age of Skepticism the rule was “Never believe anything you read and only half of what you see.” Television came along and blew skepticism all to hell.
Media so influences our culture it always amazes me that so many people believe everything they hear. For one thing, scare tactics would not work if every American starts with the question “Where’s the lie?” Alas, if they hear it on television they believe it.
Media corruption begins with words; so let’s look at a few.
First word: Communist
Has anyone noticed that Kim II Jong is a dictator, a supreme leader, a dear leader, a nut job, and everything else, but never a COMMUNIST dictator. Most of the stories I’ve read about Kim do not include the words communist or communism. Admittedly, I don’t watch everything, or read many stories about Kim. From what I did watch I can’t recall any talking head ever saying “North Korea’s COMMUNIST dictator Kim ll Jong . . . ”.
Next word: Entitlements
The media lumps Social Security in with entitlements even though SS is funded with labor while the parasites who get entitlements get them for free. In fact, Hussein would cut SS in a heartbeat without touching entitlements:
At the same time Hussein & Company take an axe to SS recipients they would give millions of new parasites lifetime tenure at the public trough.
NOTE: Chained CPI has no adverse effect on the parasite class’ benefits:
Next word: Equal
Equal is the exact opposite of liberty. Equal Rights and Civil Rights morphed into one political cause before they turned into entitlements for some and less liberty for everyone else.
Next word: Racism
Few Americans realize it, but in the early days of the Civil Rights Movement the charge of white racism became the rallying cry for ambitious blacks. Everything about civil rights ended up insuring success for ambitious blacks and damn little for anyone else. So it is not accurate to say that black Americans are no better off today than they ever were. Ambitious blacks did right well by racism. George Orwell put it this way:
NOTE: Do not misconstrue ambition or achievement. The one has nothing to do with the other.
Next word: International
Print media is very careful not to use the noun when it is clearly intended. Whenever liberals speak the word they mean the noun, but most listeners hear the adjective.
Next word: Elite
Elite is always used even when it is meant to disparage an individual or group, or perhaps it’s a subtle way of saying liberals are the best. The truth: When talking about Socialists/liberals/Democrats elitist is always the right word.
Next word: Center
Democrats love to claim they govern from the center as they incrementally move the center to the Left. Example: Hussein is moving the center he inherited from Clinton. The next Communist president will move Hussein’s center further to the Left. Once Democrats move the center to the Left it never comes back. Here’s how it works in practical terms. Five percent used to be an acceptable number of unemployed. By the time Hussein leaves office 10 percent will be the accepted number of unemployed irrespective of which party controls Congress.
Here’s the truth about the center in our political system.
Totalitarian government is one extreme. Anarchy is the other extreme. Limited government is the permanent center; it never moves. At least it is not supposed to move.
There are dozens of other popular words and phrases the media uses with one purpose in mind:
Here are a few more media favorites; common good, middle class and middle-class, international law, human rights, the American people, —— and my special favorite —— international community.
Finally, politicians and the chattering class have a dictionary all their own.
Media so influences our culture it always amazes me that so many people believe everything they hear. For one thing, scare tactics would not work if every American starts with the question “Where’s the lie?” Alas, if they hear it on television they believe it.
Media corruption begins with words; so let’s look at a few.
First word: Communist
Has anyone noticed that Kim II Jong is a dictator, a supreme leader, a dear leader, a nut job, and everything else, but never a COMMUNIST dictator. Most of the stories I’ve read about Kim do not include the words communist or communism. Admittedly, I don’t watch everything, or read many stories about Kim. From what I did watch I can’t recall any talking head ever saying “North Korea’s COMMUNIST dictator Kim ll Jong . . . ”.
Next word: Entitlements
The media lumps Social Security in with entitlements even though SS is funded with labor while the parasites who get entitlements get them for free. In fact, Hussein would cut SS in a heartbeat without touching entitlements:
At the same time Hussein & Company take an axe to SS recipients they would give millions of new parasites lifetime tenure at the public trough.
NOTE: Chained CPI has no adverse effect on the parasite class’ benefits:
Next word: Equal
Equal is the exact opposite of liberty. Equal Rights and Civil Rights morphed into one political cause before they turned into entitlements for some and less liberty for everyone else.
Next word: Racism
Few Americans realize it, but in the early days of the Civil Rights Movement the charge of white racism became the rallying cry for ambitious blacks. Everything about civil rights ended up insuring success for ambitious blacks and damn little for anyone else. So it is not accurate to say that black Americans are no better off today than they ever were. Ambitious blacks did right well by racism. George Orwell put it this way:
NOTE: Do not misconstrue ambition or achievement. The one has nothing to do with the other.
Next word: International
international (adjective)
Abbr. int., intl.
1. Of, relating to, or involving two or more nations: an international commission; international affairs.
2. Extending across or transcending national boundaries: international fame.
International (noun)
Any of several socialist organizations of international scope formed during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Abbr. int., intl.
1. Of, relating to, or involving two or more nations: an international commission; international affairs.
2. Extending across or transcending national boundaries: international fame.
International (noun)
Any of several socialist organizations of international scope formed during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Print media is very careful not to use the noun when it is clearly intended. Whenever liberals speak the word they mean the noun, but most listeners hear the adjective.
Next word: Elite
elite or élite (noun)
plural elite or elites
1. a. A group or class of persons or a member of such a group or class, enjoying superior intellectual, social, or economic status: “In addition to notions of social equality there was much emphasis on the role of elites and of heroes within them” (Times Literary Supplement). b. The best or most skilled members of a group: the football team's elite.
2. A size of type on a typewriter, equal to 12 characters per linear inch.
elite (adjective)
plural elite or elites
1. a. A group or class of persons or a member of such a group or class, enjoying superior intellectual, social, or economic status: “In addition to notions of social equality there was much emphasis on the role of elites and of heroes within them” (Times Literary Supplement). b. The best or most skilled members of a group: the football team's elite.
2. A size of type on a typewriter, equal to 12 characters per linear inch.
elite (adjective)
Elite is always used even when it is meant to disparage an individual or group, or perhaps it’s a subtle way of saying liberals are the best. The truth: When talking about Socialists/liberals/Democrats elitist is always the right word.
elitism or élitism (noun)
1. The belief that certain persons or members of certain classes or groups deserve favored treatment by virtue of their perceived superiority, as in intellect, social status, or financial resources.
2. a. The sense of entitlement enjoyed by such a group or class. b. Control, rule, or domination by such a group or class.
elitist (adjective & noun)
1. The belief that certain persons or members of certain classes or groups deserve favored treatment by virtue of their perceived superiority, as in intellect, social status, or financial resources.
2. a. The sense of entitlement enjoyed by such a group or class. b. Control, rule, or domination by such a group or class.
elitist (adjective & noun)
Next word: Center
Democrats love to claim they govern from the center as they incrementally move the center to the Left. Example: Hussein is moving the center he inherited from Clinton. The next Communist president will move Hussein’s center further to the Left. Once Democrats move the center to the Left it never comes back. Here’s how it works in practical terms. Five percent used to be an acceptable number of unemployed. By the time Hussein leaves office 10 percent will be the accepted number of unemployed irrespective of which party controls Congress.
Here’s the truth about the center in our political system.
Totalitarian government is one extreme. Anarchy is the other extreme. Limited government is the permanent center; it never moves. At least it is not supposed to move.
There are dozens of other popular words and phrases the media uses with one purpose in mind:
newspeak (noun)
Deliberately ambiguous and contradictory language used to mislead and manipulate the public.
Deliberately ambiguous and contradictory language used to mislead and manipulate the public.
Here are a few more media favorites; common good, middle class and middle-class, international law, human rights, the American people, —— and my special favorite —— international community.
Finally, politicians and the chattering class have a dictionary all their own.
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you're right -- skepticism is a good thing. It got me through this alphabet soup of a pretentious post that tried to bemoan one perceived set of biases by out-baising it.
