Fred Hansen
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Notice how this story fell off the edge of the Earth? 
Former Clinton Official Stole Classified Documents
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To which Klinton would no doubt answer "Chinese Sminese . What's the scoop on the new skirt in the mailroom?"
So the media continues to focus on some rat bastard in Cali who either did or didn't give his preggo wife a one way fishing trip to San Fran Bay for Christmas and a 'goody two shoes' NBA player who played a little consensual one on one with the hotel help until she cried foul because of an alleged backcourt violation...
Meanwhile, the Sandy Burglar story falls completely off the radar screen; arguably one of the most important stories of the political season, cause the media just can't seem to bring itself to bite the hand that feeds it. Just what the in the hell is happening here????
Meanwhile, the Sandy Burglar story falls completely off the radar screen; arguably one of the most important stories of the political season, cause the media just can't seem to bring itself to bite the hand that feeds it. Just what the in the hell is happening here????
Same thing that's been happening for many, many years.
Big Media ran an experiment a couple of decades ago. They decided to see just how much news they could get away with NOT reporting. See, they had a problem. This "Great Communicator" fellow had the White House, and he was kicking their agenda downfield at an alarming rate. What he said, the American people believed. (It helped that he was RIGHT, of course, but still, he really WAS a Great Communicator.)
So there was this little argument going on in some Central American country, and the liberals didn't like that we were supporting some folks that were trying to run some communists out of town. Oh, no! Can't run the COMMUNISTS out of town! They are the GOOD guys! Well, Congress decided they'd just UNFUND that little operation, and so the showdown at O.K. Corral got underway. Who's gonna win, the Gipper or the Congress?
Well, if the Gipper were allowed to tell the American people what was really going on, and what was at stake, well, they'd tell Congress to give the Gipper what he wanted.
Can't have that.
But how to stop him? He's the PRESIDENT, for crying out loud! If he decides to give an address to the American people, it's NEWS!!!! Presidential addresses have ALWAYS been news! But if he talks to them, we're sunk!
So, all three networks (this was pre-CNN, remember) all togther came to the conclusion... uh, independently of each other, of COURSE! ... that the topic really wasn't news at all, and they didn't need to cover the speech. It got mentioned on the 11 o'clock news, of COURSE! But there was no need to actually televise it.
Oh, yes, they interviewed themselves to see why they didn't cover it, and explained how it really wasn't all that important.
Then they held their breath to see if the American people would sit still for this outrageous action.
And we did.
So, if you are considering the topic of media bias, please don't get distracted by the red herrings. It's not about how Dan Rather or Peter Jennings or Katie Couric sneers when talking about conservatives. It's not about how they fawn over Democrats.
It's about all the stories that never get covered. It's about major issues that show up - if at all - as a quarter of a column on page 37, lower left corner.
Example - is it news if a half millon people conduct a political rally on The Mall? Sure it is. It was news when Farakkan got less than that out for his Million Man March. It was news when the Millon Moron March got way less than that.
It would be news if... pick a group... MADD, NAMBLA, the NEA, The Trial Lawers Association, VFW, PETA, The Boy Scouts...
WHOEVER! You get a half million people to demonstrate on The Washington Mall and that is legitimately news.
So how many of you know that pro-life rallies that big have been held on The Mall? I mean a FULL half million.
Why isn't that news?
No, I'm not bringing up That Topic. Just pointing out how the media picks their stories carefully.
So don't be surprised when something like this drops off the radar screen. Be surprised if it's mentioned at all.
Big Media ran an experiment a couple of decades ago. They decided to see just how much news they could get away with NOT reporting. See, they had a problem. This "Great Communicator" fellow had the White House, and he was kicking their agenda downfield at an alarming rate. What he said, the American people believed. (It helped that he was RIGHT, of course, but still, he really WAS a Great Communicator.)
So there was this little argument going on in some Central American country, and the liberals didn't like that we were supporting some folks that were trying to run some communists out of town. Oh, no! Can't run the COMMUNISTS out of town! They are the GOOD guys! Well, Congress decided they'd just UNFUND that little operation, and so the showdown at O.K. Corral got underway. Who's gonna win, the Gipper or the Congress?
Well, if the Gipper were allowed to tell the American people what was really going on, and what was at stake, well, they'd tell Congress to give the Gipper what he wanted.
Can't have that.
But how to stop him? He's the PRESIDENT, for crying out loud! If he decides to give an address to the American people, it's NEWS!!!! Presidential addresses have ALWAYS been news! But if he talks to them, we're sunk!
So, all three networks (this was pre-CNN, remember) all togther came to the conclusion... uh, independently of each other, of COURSE! ... that the topic really wasn't news at all, and they didn't need to cover the speech. It got mentioned on the 11 o'clock news, of COURSE! But there was no need to actually televise it.
Oh, yes, they interviewed themselves to see why they didn't cover it, and explained how it really wasn't all that important.
Then they held their breath to see if the American people would sit still for this outrageous action.
And we did.
So, if you are considering the topic of media bias, please don't get distracted by the red herrings. It's not about how Dan Rather or Peter Jennings or Katie Couric sneers when talking about conservatives. It's not about how they fawn over Democrats.
It's about all the stories that never get covered. It's about major issues that show up - if at all - as a quarter of a column on page 37, lower left corner.
Example - is it news if a half millon people conduct a political rally on The Mall? Sure it is. It was news when Farakkan got less than that out for his Million Man March. It was news when the Millon Moron March got way less than that.
It would be news if... pick a group... MADD, NAMBLA, the NEA, The Trial Lawers Association, VFW, PETA, The Boy Scouts...
WHOEVER! You get a half million people to demonstrate on The Washington Mall and that is legitimately news.
So how many of you know that pro-life rallies that big have been held on The Mall? I mean a FULL half million.
Why isn't that news?
No, I'm not bringing up That Topic. Just pointing out how the media picks their stories carefully.
So don't be surprised when something like this drops off the radar screen. Be surprised if it's mentioned at all.
Thanks for the perspective, Quartus. I sometimes forget that our free press is free to print or not print anything that they bloody well want to.
BTW...joab, Liddy and North are both convicted felons with Liddy spending time in the Fed. They took their lumps and were standup guys about it. Sandy Burglar is a whining, lying traitor who is still walking around without legal sanction. He should be learning the finer points of jailhouse sodomy at Lorton under a no bail/threat to flee paper.
BTW...joab, Liddy and North are both convicted felons with Liddy spending time in the Fed. They took their lumps and were standup guys about it. Sandy Burglar is a whining, lying traitor who is still walking around without legal sanction. He should be learning the finer points of jailhouse sodomy at Lorton under a no bail/threat to flee paper.
Quartus's example is a good one. And media exclusionary bias is not loaded against one "party" or the other. Rather media is both agent provocateur and a policy agenda promoter. The former serves to divide and confuse while the latter consolidates outcomes.
Case in point, the little staged show in Baghdad pulling down Hussein's statue. Considering the media "bias" shown over the invasion and current occupation - they sure were darn co-operative in their framing of the little band of Chalabi's hired thugs and supporters shouting and waving victory signs "all over the city". And his little mob centered in an otherwise empty Paradise Square around the statue. Certainly some media broadcasts and print shot some honest perspective - but I watched this cherade broadcast by CNN who definately did not. How very co-operative of them indeed.
And as for Berger; I'll wager a big Camacho he won't get what anyone who works at NARA would for the same crimes. More importantly perhaps, whatever he was trying to cover up, and any other facts uncovered incident to this investigation during the search of his home and office will never see the light of day. And it is not the "democrats" running the current Justice Department
Case in point, the little staged show in Baghdad pulling down Hussein's statue. Considering the media "bias" shown over the invasion and current occupation - they sure were darn co-operative in their framing of the little band of Chalabi's hired thugs and supporters shouting and waving victory signs "all over the city". And his little mob centered in an otherwise empty Paradise Square around the statue. Certainly some media broadcasts and print shot some honest perspective - but I watched this cherade broadcast by CNN who definately did not. How very co-operative of them indeed.
And as for Berger; I'll wager a big Camacho he won't get what anyone who works at NARA would for the same crimes. More importantly perhaps, whatever he was trying to cover up, and any other facts uncovered incident to this investigation during the search of his home and office will never see the light of day. And it is not the "democrats" running the current Justice Department