Friday, August 28, 2020

Media Wars


Why all the social turmoil of late? Obviously there is a holy war taking place between the left and the right ... highlighted by the media excesses. The left has the broadcast news, some cable channels, most of the print media and a good internet representation. The right has a few cable channels, talk radio and a slice of the internet that the Masters of the Universe allow then to enjoy. Does this seem like a fair fight ... particularly since our education, entertainment and sports systems are also players on the left?

Kind reader, is it possible that this turmoil is a result of this Teutonic shift in how the people are staying informed? No longer do they shuffle out front to pick up their morning newspaper. Instead they go on the internet to watch what actually happened yesterday. They are less and less using someone else, like Walter Cronkite, to tell them “that’s the way it is.” And this is because slowly the realization is spreading that there are other ways that it is.

And so what happens? The left media in particular, seeing their influence waning, become even more strident and biased in their reporting ... trying to hold onto their revenue streams by corralling viewership and readership ... and doing a credible, albeit ultimately losing job.

Why ultimately losing? Simple, kind reader, they too often are not being honest with the American people. All it took was an orange-haired president continually pointing out “fake news” for this realization to begin to sink in. When hoaxes turn out to be hoaxes the scales begin to fall from some perceptive eyes.

The right has not won yet ... but right is right...  and eventually the media, which most closely reports the facts, will win.

For sure, the truth will out.


STAND UP FOR AMERICA!

6 comments:

woody said...

This is a joke right? The right wing media, Fox OAN, Brietbart, etc. are known for their made-up stories, lies and conspiracy theories which dear blogger you have swallowed hooker, lier and stinker.

George W. Potts said...

Baaaa!

ChillFin said...

When the right media wins out and the left media goes away, the left wing of what remains will become the new left.

George W. Potts said...

The left out?

ChillFin said...

Just the other day you said that the right was drifting left. And now you are saying that the left is drifting further left. It’s fascinating that you measure all these hateful and exclusionary sites when all you to have to do is stop noticing them. Oddly enough, the far right journals seem to have columnists commenting on the liberal rags. But the liberal rags don’t have columnists talking about what the right focuses on. Don’t decry Facebook when hundreds of millions of people find it okay. Maybe there is a social media site called Assbook.

George W. Potts said...

I said two media outlets and a justice were drifting left. And now we see some Rinos endorsing Biden. When I do headlines I take 6 from liberal sites and 6 from conservative sites. I read the other day that a huge percentage of Facebook users get their only news this this medium. Maybe the original intent of Facebook at Harvard was what you suggest.