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Dec 21, 2008 Medialites, Politics and Poker
The real question, given the way the press covered for John Edwards, Barack Obama, et al. is whether the press would cover a Watergate if it happened under a Democratic administration.
They would.
December 21st, 2008 at 8:16 pm
I always forget that people take Instapundit seriously.
December 22nd, 2008 at 3:19 pm
I don’t know. People, even journalists, tend to learn from their mistakes, and a lot of the rumormongers who jumped on Monicagate are way more leery now. More importantly, there is a new aspiration in the media today, which goes hand in hand with the new sense of desperation everyone is experiencing (which the economic crisis is really a symptom of, rather than the cause for). The media is planning for the collapse of western civilization, even doing their best to surreptitiously bring it about, and the prize they seek is more than just book deals and a moment in the spotlight. The intellectual elite have decided they would rather rule over a dark age than be mere citizens in an golden age, and they are in the tank for Obama because he is their best hope of achieving that goal.
I think the day will come soon when people wonder what the big deal was about Watergate, because entire government branches didn’t quietly vanish, with the media pretending they never were there in the first place, to conceal it.
December 22nd, 2008 at 6:38 pm
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December 22nd, 2008 at 10:01 pm
Tatterdemalian Says: “The media is planning for the collapse of western civilization, even doing their best to surreptitiously bring it about … The intellectual elite have decided they would rather rule over a dark age than be mere citizens in an golden age.”
Where does this paranoia come from? I can’t help but think that if you replace “media/intellectual elite” with “Jews” … it is the same mentality. “They” are out to get “us.”
Ron, I don’t understand why you feed into this. Do you really believe that there is a “MSM conspiracy”? With the media so fragmented, is this even possible?
December 22nd, 2008 at 10:06 pm
I don’t buy into anything approaching a theory of organized conspiracy, Brian. To the contrary I believe the vast majority of reports are very liberal and very ambitious and, far from conspiring, they will cut each other’s throats in a second to break a story that brings down any politician. But during elections, by and large “the story” is the election — and then they speak with one voice. It is not a coordinated voice, per se. It just comes out that way.
December 24th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
I think the press is already covering for the Democrats. Last week, Obama, Emanuel and at least one other person met with Fitzgerald, and the MSM not only hasn’t asked questions about these meetings, but has been pushing the Obama’s internal investigation report (released yesterday) as though it is the final word.