General @ Friday February 18, 2005 12:49 pm by WunderKraut
This is a continuation of my rant about journalists being above the law.
The main argument for not disclosing sources, even for a criminal investigation is that doing so would stifle whistleblowers and the general ability of the press to obtain information, plus some tripe about the First Amendment. The press considers themselves as a fourth branch of the government tasked with being the watch dog for us ordinary citizens, to protect us from the evil government or evil big business.
Yes it is true that the press served us well in the past, but it seems to me that the MSM has been having a hard time discovering some stories, while making hay out of others.
Examples:
Fraud and corruption charges for Florida and Ohio in 2000 and 2004, but nothing said about fraud in Washington State or on the Indian reservations. (I was going to post a link for the above, but pretty much all the coverage of Florida and Ohio was pretty representative of the normal MSM mode)
Lots of attention to the Enron accounting fraud, but nothing said about WorldCom, a larger bankruptcy than Enron, but isn’t it a bit of a coincidence that so many important Democrats made lots of money off of WorldCom, only to have the press look the other way.
Defending Ward Churchill and Eason Jordan to the very bitter end for their freedom of speech, but crucifying Larry Summers for saying some provocative things to stimulate debate and that he hoped those ideas would be proven false.
Jessie Jackson has an illegitimate kid from his mistress? Just a few minor headlines saying he was sorry and would support the kid. William Bennett gambles with his own money? Proof that ALL REPUBLICANS are hypocrites.
Bill Clinton: First World Trade Center bombing, embassy bombings in Africa, Khobar Towers bombing, USS Cole bombing? He did everything he could to go after Al Qaeda and protect the US.
George Bush: On the job for 8 MONTHS: 9-11. It was all planned by Bush or that he knew about it. He did not take terrorism seriously. Ignored warnings.
I think you get the point. I am sure that those of you out there that have more time could add even more to this list.
Watch dog my *ss!
2 Responses to “Watch Dog My *ss”
Right on the money again. The hypocrisy of some of these people on the Left is amazing. As long as you support the “causes†of the Left you can do no wrong in their eyes. Just suggest that maybe there are differences between men and women that reflect the underrepresentation of women in math and high tech and the Left want to tar and feather you. Say that the victims in the WTC where ‘little Eichmans†and it is his right to say whatever they like. It’s OK to send troops to the Balkins but not Afghanistan or Iraq. When Bush wants to look into Social Security reform it’s the end of the world but when Clinton brought it up in his 2nd term and he was being innovative and proactive. Kerry and Edwards said everything Bush was doing was wrong, wrong, wrong. Nothing was right or correct. Yet he offered no alternatives and the Lefties thought he was just brilliant. Like your post says, Ohio was loaded with voter fraud (none was found) and the election was stolen yet again but Washington and Wisconsin were loaded with proven fraud but that doesn’t matter to the “Make Every Vote Count†group. As soon as more people stand up to them the sooner this PC world we live in will change.
Thanks Iceman_1955. You brought up a few I had forgotten about. The part about the voter fraud really burns me up. Back in 2000 there were a few states that Bush did not contest, even though a recount on the scale of Florida probably would have shown that he did in fact win those states. The same can be said about 2004. But no, no, no. From now until eternity, the Left will always scream “Remember Florida! Remember Ohio!”