And They Wonder Why No One Believes Media “Fact Checkers”

[Vigilante]

Most are, at best, left leaning, and simply try to conflagulate anything that is right sided by ......

It is no secret that the mainstream media might as well be on the DNC’s payroll. Major scandals involving Democrats go unremarked. When they are remarked upon, often the political affiliation is buried deep in the story if mentioned at all. I’m not talking only about the editorial pages, the devotion of the media to Democrats infests the actual news gathering function of newspapers, magazines, and online media. One of the most pernicious things to be contrived by the media is the “fact checking” charade.

It started out with a simple premise: the media would check statements made by various political figures and rate them on truthfulness. And who to better do this than people allied with the Democrat party who have a degree in journalism?

Today at POLITICO, Jack Shafer is bemoaning the fact that liberal shills calling politicians they dislike liars has no discernable impact......

And They Wonder Why No One Believes Media "Fact Checkers" | RedState

 

[Dale Smith]

Most are, at best, left leaning, and simply try to conflagulate anything that is right sided by ......

It is no secret that the mainstream media might as well be on the DNC’s payroll. Major scandals involving Democrats go unremarked. When they are remarked upon, often the political affiliation is buried deep in the story if mentioned at all. I’m not talking only about the editorial pages, the devotion of the media to Democrats infests the actual news gathering function of newspapers, magazines, and online media. One of the most pernicious things to be contrived by the media is the “fact checking” charade.

It started out with a simple premise: the media would check statements made by various political figures and rate them on truthfulness. And who to better do this than people allied with the Democrat party who have a degree in journalism?

Today at POLITICO, Jack Shafer is bemoaning the fact that liberal shills calling politicians they dislike liars has no discernable impact......

And They Wonder Why No One Believes Media "Fact Checkers" | RedState

Both parties are the same at the very top, but the global elites have not had a better partner when it comes to systematically dismantling what this country once stood for like the Fabian socialist left. They are useful idiots and if the one world socialist government is able to come about, it's not going to be the utopia that they believe it will be....it will be hell on earth.

 

[westwall]

The Media call themselves the 4th Estate. When one looks to history one finds that France was ruled by the Estates General. The First Estate was the king and the gentry. The Second Estate was the Church. The Third Estate was the common people. They had little real power but they did have some. After the revolution and the terror (brought about by Robespierre, a true scumbag of the first order...and unsurprisingly, a lawyer. He was the Counsel for the Third Estate which is how he generated his base of power.

Propaganda was the weapon of choice used by the Jacobins to cement their power and Robespierre was a master of it. The media of today, by naming themselves to be the Fourth Estate has declared that they are an arm of the government and thus they will lie, cheat and steal to make sure that the government system that they desire takes over. They are almost all progressives so that will tell you what sort of people they are.

 

[Blackrook]

I majored in journalism, and I made no bones about the fact that I was conservative. The journalism professor, who was also a reporter at the Los Angeles Times, made no bones about being a liberal.

I worked for two years for the school newspaper, one semester as editorials editor.

I found out there was a program for journalism students, and I decided I'd like to go.

I called my professor and asked her to write me a reference letter.

She claimed that she didn't remember me. I knew that was a lie because no one ever forgets me. When I got her to admit that she knew who I was she said, "Well my memory is that you weren't really that good."

So that's how it works. That's how the media makes sure that only liberals will get employed as journalists.

 

[AvgGuyIA]

The bias of newspapers is why I have called for the repeal of the "freedom of the press" clause from the 1st Amendment. These jackals running the newspapers have no interest in fairness, so why should they have protection afforded by our Constitution? Let them be sued for liable if they report lies or editorialize on the front page. The fair and balanced newspapers will stay in business, the progressive rags will be put out of business from all the lawsuits.

 

[Toro]

When Vagifail says "nobody believes," what he means is "nobody who thinks like me believes ..." Notwithstanding the merit of the article, ideological partisans will believe what they want to believe if it reinforces their beliefs already, even if the information is totally wrong.

That everyone who doesn't agree with what he believes is excluded and ignored demonstrates the echo chamber ideological partisans operate within, to the exclusion of everyone else who doesn't swallow the Kool-Aid. That's why someone can get all hysterical believing that millions of Americas are going to die of ebola.

Both parties are the same at the very top, but the global elites have not had a better partner when it comes to systematically dismantling what this country once stood for like the Fabian socialist left. They are useful idiots and if the one world socialist government is able to come about, it's not going to be the utopia that they believe it will be....it will be hell on earth.

No it won't.

When we global elites are running the One World Government, it will be great!

 

[Toro]

The bias of newspapers is why I have called for the repeal of the "freedom of the press" clause from the 1st Amendment. These jackals running the newspapers have no interest in fairness, so why should they have protection afforded by our Constitution? Let them be sued for liable if they report lies or editorialize on the front page. The fair and balanced newspapers will stay in business, the progressive rags will be put out of business from all the lawsuits.

Why do you hate The Constitution and America?

 

[AvgGuyIA]

The bias of newspapers is why I have called for the repeal of the "freedom of the press" clause from the 1st Amendment. These jackals running the newspapers have no interest in fairness, so why should they have protection afforded by our Constitution? Let them be sued for liable if they report lies or editorialize on the front page. The fair and balanced newspapers will stay in business, the progressive rags will be put out of business from all the lawsuits.

Why do you hate The Constitution and America?

I don't. Newspapers were given protection so they can watch the government for the People and keep it honest. Anybody thinking (ETA: or claiming) the newspapers have been watching the Obama administration and reporting corruption and criminal activity like Clinton's email on illegal servers, are liars. They have been shown to be lapdogs of the Democrat Party. Fine. Go ahead and publish. Lose your protection.

 

[Toro]

The bias of newspapers is why I have called for the repeal of the "freedom of the press" clause from the 1st Amendment. These jackals running the newspapers have no interest in fairness, so why should they have protection afforded by our Constitution? Let them be sued for liable if they report lies or editorialize on the front page. The fair and balanced newspapers will stay in business, the progressive rags will be put out of business from all the lawsuits.

Why do you hate The Constitution and America?

I don't. Newspapers were given protection so they can watch the government for the People and keep it honest. Anybody thinking (ETA: or claiming) the newspapers have been watching the Obama administration and reporting corruption and criminal activity like Clinton's email on illegal servers, are liars. They have been shown to be lapdogs of the Democrat Party. Fine. Go ahead and publish. Lose your protection.

IOW Free speech for you but not for me.

Sounds like communism.

 

[Dale Smith]

The bias of newspapers is why I have called for the repeal of the "freedom of the press" clause from the 1st Amendment. These jackals running the newspapers have no interest in fairness, so why should they have protection afforded by our Constitution? Let them be sued for liable if they report lies or editorialize on the front page. The fair and balanced newspapers will stay in business, the progressive rags will be put out of business from all the lawsuits.

Why do you hate The Constitution and America?

I don't. Newspapers were given protection so they can watch the government for the People and keep it honest. Anybody thinking (ETA: or claiming) the newspapers have been watching the Obama administration and reporting corruption and criminal activity like Clinton's email on illegal servers, are liars. They have been shown to be lapdogs of the Democrat Party. Fine. Go ahead and publish. Lose your protection.

IOW Free speech for you but not for me.

Sounds like communism.

So the Pravda was "free speech"? Propaganda disguised as news isn't free speech IMHO if people are basing their views on what they believe to be as fact. Journalists had a job to do which was to be the watchers and keepers of the truth and keep the masses informed. Since Operation Mockingbird, the CIA and their operatives in the news rooms give their sheeple their daily talking points. It's now even LEGAL to spew propaganda to the sheep due to the Smith-Mundt Act being basically overturned in 2013. I don't believe a fucking thing I hear from the lame stream news media including talk radio. I get my news form alternative media and I am infinitely more informed than I was 4 years ago.

 

[Toro]

The bias of newspapers is why I have called for the repeal of the "freedom of the press" clause from the 1st Amendment. These jackals running the newspapers have no interest in fairness, so why should they have protection afforded by our Constitution? Let them be sued for liable if they report lies or editorialize on the front page. The fair and balanced newspapers will stay in business, the progressive rags will be put out of business from all the lawsuits.

Why do you hate The Constitution and America?

I don't. Newspapers were given protection so they can watch the government for the People and keep it honest. Anybody thinking (ETA: or claiming) the newspapers have been watching the Obama administration and reporting corruption and criminal activity like Clinton's email on illegal servers, are liars. They have been shown to be lapdogs of the Democrat Party. Fine. Go ahead and publish. Lose your protection.

IOW Free speech for you but not for me.

Sounds like communism.

So the Pravda was "free speech"? Propaganda disguised as news isn't free speech IMHO if people are basing their views on what they believe to be as fact. Journalists had a job to do which was to be the watchers and keepers of the truth and keep the masses informed. Since Operation Mockingbird, the CIA and their operatives in the news rooms give their sheeple their daily talking points. It's now even LEGAL to spew propaganda to the sheep due to the Smith-Mundt Act being basically overturned in 2013. I don't believe a fucking thing I hear from the lame stream news media including talk radio. I get my news form alternative media and I am infinitely more informed than I was 4 years ago.

No, Pravda wasn't free speech. That's the point.

Are you a twoofer?

 

[Dale Smith]

The bias of newspapers is why I have called for the repeal of the "freedom of the press" clause from the 1st Amendment. These jackals running the newspapers have no interest in fairness, so why should they have protection afforded by our Constitution? Let them be sued for liable if they report lies or editorialize on the front page. The fair and balanced newspapers will stay in business, the progressive rags will be put out of business from all the lawsuits.

Why do you hate The Constitution and America?

I don't. Newspapers were given protection so they can watch the government for the People and keep it honest. Anybody thinking (ETA: or claiming) the newspapers have been watching the Obama administration and reporting corruption and criminal activity like Clinton's email on illegal servers, are liars. They have been shown to be lapdogs of the Democrat Party. Fine. Go ahead and publish. Lose your protection.

IOW Free speech for you but not for me.

Sounds like communism.

So the Pravda was "free speech"? Propaganda disguised as news isn't free speech IMHO if people are basing their views on what they believe to be as fact. Journalists had a job to do which was to be the watchers and keepers of the truth and keep the masses informed. Since Operation Mockingbird, the CIA and their operatives in the news rooms give their sheeple their daily talking points. It's now even LEGAL to spew propaganda to the sheep due to the Smith-Mundt Act being basically overturned in 2013. I don't believe a fucking thing I hear from the lame stream news media including talk radio. I get my news form alternative media and I am infinitely more informed than I was 4 years ago.

No, Pravda wasn't free speech. That's the point.

Are you a twoofer?

Twoofer? As in I am a bargain hunter that is looking for two for one sales???

 

[longknife]

When the Constitution was written, the press was basically small publications prepared throughout the colonies on a weekly or even monthly basis. Ben Franklin was probably the biggest example of "the press" in his time.

As the US grew and spread, so did journalism. In addition to providing "news", there was no doubt that political biases were common.

We now have a counterweight to "the press" in the internet where "reporters", "journalists", and "essayists" can provide their own version of the news and political commentary that often either clarifies or reports what "the press" fails to do.

These secondary sources that the Left and Progressives so violently decry are the very reason the Founders felt "freedom on the press" to be vital to the preservation of our union.

 

[JimBowie1958]

When we global elites are running the One World Government, it will be great!

That wont happen because you will all be hanging from lamp posts, dude.

 

[Dale Smith]

When we global elites are running the One World Government, it will be great!

That wont happen because you will all be hanging from lamp posts, dude.[/QUO
Jim, I run into people all the time that are not as vocal as I am as to what is coming...but they are ever vigilant. They prefer to keep a low profile and allow me to be an ad hoc spokesperson and I am totally fine with that. I have never been one to remain silent when I see something is drastically wrong. It's one of the advantages of being middle-aged with nothing to hang onto here. .

 

[Toro]

Twoofer? As in I am a bargain hunter that is looking for two for one sales???

No. As in "Bush was behind 9/11."

Urban Dictionary: twoofer

 

[Toro]

When we global elites are running the One World Government, it will be great!

That wont happen because you will all be hanging from lamp posts, dude.

I'm lousy at gymnastics, so I don't hang from anything.

In the meantime, our plan for One World Government continues apace!

 

[Dale Smith]

Twoofer? As in I am a bargain hunter that is looking for two for one sales???

No. As in "Bush was behind 9/11."

Urban Dictionary: twoofer

Holy shit...is that what passes for intellectual discourse on this board?

 

[Toro]

Twoofer? As in I am a bargain hunter that is looking for two for one sales???

No. As in "Bush was behind 9/11."

Urban Dictionary: twoofer

Holy shit...is that what passes for intellectual discourse on this board?

Yes.

 

[Missourian]

When we global elites are running the One World Government, it will be great!

This explains a lot.