The Bob Woodward commotion set off so many warning bells I thought Quasimodo was swinging around the White House. It’s not wise to believe anything the Administration says. It’s not wise to believe anything critical media stooges might say about Hussein. It’s downright insane to believe Hussein’s media and Hussein’s Administration had a falling out. The media lost so much credibility lionizing and covering up for Hussein ——and Clinton before that —— the skeptic in me shouted “Watch out on this one” when the Woodward story broke.
What better way to try and salvage media credibility than to stage a fake fight. IÂ’d sooner believe wrestling was on the level than believe the media is not a propaganda tool for the forces of big government; i.e., Hussein & Company.
Were the media serious about finally establishing and maintaining an adversarial relationship with the government, all government, I can think of a dozen better ways to do it than a phoney media hissy fit. The mere fact that Woodward is getting so much coverage tells me that the media wants Americans to believe that antagonism towards government already exists without doing anything to prove it.
Access
Access is the longest running con job of all:
Instead of reporters fearing tough questions will cost them access, a serious media would make government douche bags beg for a chance to preach their garbage to millions. Do it that way and one of three things follow:
1. Government officials will know they are going to be grilled big time.
2. Government officials won’t get their message out if they don’t agree to the “NO softball questions” format beforehand.
3. In the unlikely event government officials refuse to appear on the talkies, candidates running for office sure as hell will NOT refuse to advertise come election time.
The problem is that the media reports everything a douche bag says as though it is news. Not once did I ever see ‘talking points reporting’ stop anything the douche bags plan on doing. Hussein proves my case. His media stooges give him more face time that any ten presidents before him ever got, yet not one dirty thing he did was prevented because of his non-stop talk. In fact, the more he talks the more he gets away with the faster he takes the country downhill.
What better way to try and salvage media credibility than to stage a fake fight. IÂ’d sooner believe wrestling was on the level than believe the media is not a propaganda tool for the forces of big government; i.e., Hussein & Company.
Were the media serious about finally establishing and maintaining an adversarial relationship with the government, all government, I can think of a dozen better ways to do it than a phoney media hissy fit. The mere fact that Woodward is getting so much coverage tells me that the media wants Americans to believe that antagonism towards government already exists without doing anything to prove it.
Access
Access is the longest running con job of all:
By now, we all know, or should know, the strengths and weaknesses of Bob Woodward. As an old-fashioned beat reporter and player of the Washington access game, he has few, if any, equals.
February 28, 2013
Bob Woodward Throws an Interception
Posted by John Cassidy
Bob Woodward Throws an Interception : The New Yorker
Instead of reporters fearing tough questions will cost them access, a serious media would make government douche bags beg for a chance to preach their garbage to millions. Do it that way and one of three things follow:
1. Government officials will know they are going to be grilled big time.
2. Government officials won’t get their message out if they don’t agree to the “NO softball questions” format beforehand.
3. In the unlikely event government officials refuse to appear on the talkies, candidates running for office sure as hell will NOT refuse to advertise come election time.
Advertising is the very essence of democracy. Anton Chekhov
The problem is that the media reports everything a douche bag says as though it is news. Not once did I ever see ‘talking points reporting’ stop anything the douche bags plan on doing. Hussein proves my case. His media stooges give him more face time that any ten presidents before him ever got, yet not one dirty thing he did was prevented because of his non-stop talk. In fact, the more he talks the more he gets away with the faster he takes the country downhill.